Martha Chase, a scientist who helped conduct a famous DNA experiment, died on Aug. 8 of pneumonia. She was 75.
Chase was only in her 20s when she worked with biologist Alfred D. Hershey on the “blender experiments” at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. Chase and Hershey used an ordinary kitchen blender to demonstrate that the DNA of a virus, and not its proteins, carried its inherited information. Hershey won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for proving this theory.
Chase received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the College of Wooster in Ohio, and her post-doctoral degree at the University of Southern California. In the late 1960s, her scientific career ended when she experienced a series of personal and financial setbacks, and succumbed to dementia.
August 25, 2003 by
Martha Chase
Categories: Scientists
R.I.P.God be with her and her family.Ms. Chase we will always remeber
Martha Chase made a great scientific leap with the experiments she preformed with Hershey. Her discoveries will always be remembered.
May she rest in peace.
She was a great scientist who helped discover the form of DNA with a great collegue right next to her.
GOD REST HER MIND, BODY, AND SOUL!!!
Rest in peace
Thank God for this site!
Martha Chase was assasinated by a Russian scientist; Bolshevik Renon!!
God bless her.
shes a wonderful person she will look down on us and wish us the best on are lives as always god bless thank you> RIP Your job is done!!!!
we love you. you where the best of all time to come
God be with you.
I am doing a project on her in my Biology class and i am so proud of her accomplishments
You were a wonderful woman.
Yeah, I have to do a paper on her as well. She was a great woman in the advancements of genetics and bio chemistry. She is awesome.
I am researching you for my paper. I am SAWDY.
Bless her soul!!!!!!!!!!
I am doing a report on Chase for my class and I was like oh yeah another report but after reading up on Chase I had alot of fun on it! May she rest in peace!
WOMEN like you DESERVE to be REMEMBERED not REMINDED … SORRY you just like
ROSALIND FRANKLIN never recieved the
CREDIT you are OWED!!!!
i’m doing her as my project for science! she did so many interesting things
I am doing a paper on you. Looking forward to researching you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about your death.
She was a very speical person
we love you matha chase.
Yeah, I have to do a paper on her as well. She was a great woman in the advancements of genetics and bio chemistry. She is awesome
This site changed my life.
Ive been researching martha chase for awhile, and I’m making a collage. For a not so famous scientist this woman is amazing.
Martha Chase will always be remembered not just for being a great scientist but for being a great person. R.I.P
Martha Chase’s work has changed my very being. I now know i have a purpose in life. Without this amazing, beautiful woman, I would wither away in ignorance. Praise Alah!
I am a changed woman!!! I want to be just like Martha! (except prettier)
i am doing a paper on her. she made a great controbution to the world, and it’s knowlage
REST IN PEACE MARTHA CHASE
I am also doing a paper on her and she has made a BIG contribution!
God Bless U…R.I.P
We Miss U…and we’ll neva foget u…R.I.P
i liked her because she made a scientific leap for mankind.
I am a Science Fiction Writer and in my third book she will be the principal character in a fictional allegory of the DNA molecule.
ur a wonderfull scientist we all will always look up 2 yohh god bless
I am doing a project in my Biotech Class on the structure and history of DNA…both Martha Chase and Alfred Hershey are remarkable people and they deserve this recogniztion…thank you for this website….
R.I.P. M.C. and A.H.
god rest your souls
im using her as a project in science and i think that her creation is great for the project! may she rest in peace!
poor martha chase she could have still been living today
im doing a project on u in my biology class and i think your amazing and im glad i chose u well anyway good bless you
R.I.P may she rest in peace i would have never found this if i didnt have to do a project on her!