Being a chemist, I began working with my students to develop ways on performing chemistry directly on an individual DNA base, to truly fix, rather than disrupt, the mutations that cause genetic diseases.
In 1856, 18-year old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a synthetic purple compound while attempting to synthesize quinine an anti-malaria drug.
1856 年,英国 18 的化家 William Henry Perkin 在合成奎宁和抗疟疾时,意外制造出种紫色复合物。