The genetic material is made of DNA.
The Hershey-Chase blender experiment helped prove that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material of a bacteriophage. By using radioactive labeling, they were able to track the transmission of genetic material from the virus to the infected bacteria, showing that it was the DNA and not the protein coat that carried the genetic information.
Alfred Hershey
Hershey and Chase completed research proving that DNA is the "stuff of heredity" and not just protein in 1952. There is information on how they used a bacteriophage to prove this residing on the Answers site.
Hershey and Chase's experiment using bacteriophages proved that DNA, not protein, is the genetic material in cells. This discovery was a key milestone in understanding how genetic information is passed from one generation to the next. It laid the foundation for the field of molecular biology.
The experiment would simple prove them wrong and prove that DNA is the genetic carrier.
An experiment can prove or disprove a hypothesis.
Prove causation
That depends on the result of the experiment. The experiment is a way to test a hypothesis, and it's completely fine if the experiment disproves the hypothesis. Ideally, though, the experiment will support the hypothesis.
Galileo
to prove it worked.
An experiment can prove they are wrong or right ...:)
By experiment.