Older DNA strands are preferentially sorted into stem cells when they self-renew (A). This segregates the DNA most recently replicated, and therefore most error-prone, into cells destined for ...

F ranklin Stahl, a molecular biologist and geneticist, passed away at age 95 at his home in Eugene, Oregon, on April 2, 2025. The news, along with the cause of his death, was not publicized until ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-1958 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed how DNA replicates, helping pave the way for a revolution in genetics ...

Which books convey the excitement of the early years of molecular biology? Horace Freeland Judson's The Eighth Day of Creation published over twenty years ago succeeds as a vivid narrative, surveying ...

Consider, too, the research of two young postdocs — Matthew Meselson and Frank Stahl — in the years 1957–58, as they worked to find evidence for the semi-conservative form of DNA replication. Was this ...