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

As imaging tools continue to get more sophisticated, researchers have been able to actually watch biological processes as they are happening in live cells. Scientists have now visualized loops of DNA ...

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

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...

Researchers have developed a new fluorescent label that gives a clearer picture of how DNA architecture is disrupted in cancer cells. The findings could improve cancer diagnoses for patients. Their ...

American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL, USA, he died aged 97 years in East Northport on Long Island, NY, ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of ...

James D. Watson, the molecular biologist who co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953, has died at the age of 97. The Nobel laureate shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and ...

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...