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 ...

Dr James Dewey Watson is a legendary figure in modern biology. In 1953, he and Francis Crick opened a new horizon in the ...

This revelation was not a mere boast but the culmination of intense research into the structure of DNA by American biologist James Watson and British physicist Francis Crick. Their discovery has since ...

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James D Watson, the Nobel-winning co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, has died at 97. His legacy blends scientific triumph ...

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In the 1983 floods, State Street became a river. If it floods this year and you held the lever, what would you flood? Steve Matney: I’d flood the gene pool with morally upright, genius DNA. I’m ...

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

DNA-nanoparticle motors are exactly as they sound: tiny artificial motors that use the structures of DNA and RNA to propel motion by enzymatic RNA degradation. Essentially, chemical energy is ...