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MHT CET Medical202625 April 2026Morning ShiftBiologyBiomolecules (B)Actual

Friedrich Miescher isolated nucleic acid from ________ .

Options

  1. Awhite blood cells
  2. Bred blood cells
  3. CStreptococcus pneumoniae
  4. Dbacteriophages

Correct answer

A. white blood cells

Step-by-step solution

Friedrich Miescher in 1869 isolated a new acidic substance from the nuclei of pus cells, which are primarily white blood cells. He named this substance nuclein, which was later identified as nucleic acid (DNA). Answer: white blood cells

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