X-ray development

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European History

Contemporary Europe

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Who used x-rays first?

Rosalind Franklin

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What did Rosalind Franklin do?

She used x-rays to take images of DNA in the 1950s

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What did x-rays enable?

Doctors and researchers to start to understand the structure, composition and function of DNA

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Who discovered the double helix structure of DNA?

James Watson and Frances Crick

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What did Marie Curie do?

She developed mobile x-ray machines

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What were the benefits of using mobile x-ray machines?

It allows surgeons anywhere to see what internal injuries soldiers have, ensuring that surgery can be better planned and therefore safer