Condom was key to DNA discovery

A SCIENTIST has revealed the crucial role played by a condom in the discovery of the structure of DNA.

Professor Raymond Gosling was working in a basement laboratory at King's College, London, where the first attempts were being made to photograph patterns made by X-rays bouncing off the DNA molecule.

At the time, Prof Gosling was a young PhD student working alongside Dr Rosalind Franklin and Professor Maurice Wilkins now legendary names in the story of DNA.