The 1940s saw the first stirrings of a revolution in our understanding of life at the molecular level, one that gained force in the early ‘70s and has accelerated with each subsequent decade. This has led to the present post-genomic age, which promises to yield still deeper insight into disease and human potential. In the first class in this five-part series, biologist Stephen Munroe discusses the double helix of DNA and the protein-folding problem.

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