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,英国一位 18 岁的化家 William Henry Perkin 合成奎宁和抗疟疾药时,意外制造出一种紫色复合物。