The story of the discovery of the structure of the Double Helix is well-known, but have often erased Rosalind Franklin (Photo ...

Scientists have created an entirely new kind of DNA with eight chemical letters instead of four — and it still forms a double ...

(AP) - James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was ...

(AP) -- James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was ...

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...