James Watson, who co-won the Nobel Prize for discovering DNA's structure, was a towering and controversial figure in science.

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

Photos and letters show how James Watson and Francis Crick raced to uncover the double helix structure of DNA.

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

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement from his former ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery but he faced ...

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...

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The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...