Rosalind Franklin, DNA Discoveries in Science and Art
Rosalind Franklin, was the scientist who made the first clear X-ray images of the structure of DNA.Artists Wyllie O Hagan discovered Franklin's work on DNA whilst working in an Artist Residency in a Cancer Research UK laboratory in LondonFranklin's X-ray picture 'Photo 51' informed Crick and Watson of DNA's double helix structure.They received the Nobel Prize, her contribution was unacknowledged.Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958, aged 37.O Hagan, an ovarian cancer survivor, received diagnosis and treatment of the disease whilst working on the Franklin project. The artists use their art to support awareness raising missions for ovarian cancer.For more information about Wyllie O Hagan and Rosalind Franklin, visit their website athttp://www.wyllieohagan.comFor more information about ovarian cancer, visit http://www.ovariancancer.org/To support the work of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. Art prints, featured in this video are on sale at OCNA's store online at:http://tinyurl.com/2bu47mAn exhibition of Wyllie O Hagan's art on Franklin is being held in Charleston, SC, USA from 6-8th September 2007. For more information go to:http://www.c4women.org/Calendar/calen...©2007 Wyllie O Hagan
