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James Watson, Who Helped Discover Structure of DNA, is Dead

James Watson, co-discoverer of the shape of DNA and Nobel Prize winner, dies at 97

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, according to his former research lab. He was 97.

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James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97

James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Double-Helix Shape of DNA, has Died at Age 97

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The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

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James Watson helped crack DNA's code, sparking medical advances and ethical debates

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

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