James Watson, who has died aged 97, was the 25-year-old American biologist who in 1953, with Francis Crick, revealed the double helix structure of DNA, the chemical of which genes are made; for this ...

James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died. Watson was 97 years old and passed away after a brief illness. His groundbreaking ...

One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century was also the scientific heist of the century, according to this action-packed history. Historian Markel (The Kelloggs) recreates the 1953 ...

SAN DIEGO – Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, who co-discovered the spiral, double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 and opened the way for everything from gene-spliced crops and medicines to ...

In 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. However, it has long been believed that the ...

James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose reputation was tainted by his repeated racist remarks -- has died aged 97. The eminent ...

Francis Crick, who helped discover the double helix shape of DNA along with James Watson, has died at the age of 88, his family said on Thursday. Crick died at Thornton Hospital in San Diego where he ...

James Watson was credited as the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. Watson was a Nobel laureate and the former Chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Photograph by Max S. Gerber, Redux James ...