Question

Nucleic acid was first discovered in pus cells in ______.

Options

• 1869

• 1912

• 1931

• 1953

Answer 1

Nucleic acid was first discovered in pus cells in 1869.

Explanation:

Nucleic acids were first discovered in 1869 by the Swiss biologist Friedrich Miescher. While working in the laboratory of Felix Hoppe-Seyler at the University of Tubingen, Miescher used pus cells (white blood cells/leukocytes) obtained from discarded surgical bandages as his source material.