A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and ...

(Reuters) -James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the ...

James Dewey Watson, the American biologist whose name became synonymous with the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, died Thursday in a hospice in East Northport, Long Island, at 97. “With ...

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 97.The ...

Al though they had no way of taking a firsthand look at their discovery, they managed to deduce a detailed description of the now famous “double helix” that paved the way for the new science of ...

Yet Crick was not afraid to be wrong. Before settling on the double helix, he proposed a triple one. He published an ...

The Google Doodle in India on Thursday (Nov 13) is focusing on deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, as a tribute to one of the most frequently searched topics in biology on the platform. This animated ...

FILE PHOTO: James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, stands inside a laboratory at the Baylor College of Medicine's Human Genome Sequencing Center in ...

James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Double-Helix Shape of DNA, Has Died at Age 97 James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a ...