Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Northwestern University identified a previously unknown treatment ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

James Watson’s work on the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA led to a revolution in biology and genetics ...

James D Watson, the pioneering scientist whose co-discovery of DNA’s double helix structure in 1953 reshaped our ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

His collaboration with biophysicist Francis Crick on the molecular key to all living organisms would make him one of the most ...

US biochemist was responsible with the UK’s Francis Crick for 20th century’s most important biological discovery ...

Watson co-discover the double-helix structure of DNA, but his reputation was later damaged by his comments on race and sex.

Near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people ...

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...