Category Archives: Biology

Who discovered Genetics?

According to Biology, genetics is the science of variations, genes and heredity in living organisms. Gregor Johann Mendel, an Austrian Augustinian monk and scientist was credited to be discovered genetics.

Who discovered Cocaine?

Cocaine is a crystal clear tropane alkaloid which is accessed from the leaves of the coca plant. It is considered as the first effective local anesthetic. It was first isolated… Read more »

Who Discovered DNA?

We could safely say that DNA was not discovered by one man. Though it was first discovered by Friedrich Miescher in 1869, while examining puss in the surgical bandages, he… Read more »

Who discovered Stem Cells?

The credit for putting forward the theory of stem cells goes to a Russian histologist, Alexander Maksimov, who propounded that all cellular blood components were obtained from Haematopoietic stem cells…. Read more »