James D. Watson, the American molecular biologist who helped discover the structure of DNA, has died aged 97, reigniting ...

Watson’s 1953 discovery revealed the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries hereditary information, paving the way for genetic engineering, gene therapy and modern biotechnology ...

Scientists at Oregon State University have filed a patent on a design for a new magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent ...

The breakthrough turned the Nobel Prize-winning biologist into a hallowed figure in the world of science. But he later faced condemnation and professional censure for remarks deemed racist.

That discovery, made with co-researchers Francis Crick and Maurice H.F. Wilkins, led to a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick moved ...

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

In 1990, Watson was named to lead the Human Genome Project, whose goal was to determine the order of the 3 billion chemical units that constitute humans' full complement of DNA ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / November 5, 2025 / Every generation reaches a point when progress demands proof. For Europe, following Singapore’s unprecedented action to usher in circularity, that ...

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

A new molecule developed by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University offers a promising avenue to treat intractable ...

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died ...

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