NEW YORK: James D. Watson, the American biologist who co-discovered the structure of DNA in 1953 and helped launch the modern era of genetics, has died at the age of 97, according to reports. Watson passed away this week at a hospice on Long Island. Watson’s groundbreaking work with British physicist Francis Crick revealed the […]
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James Watson, DNA pioneer, dies at 97
James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure, has died at the age of 97, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announced Friday. Watson passed away Thursday in hospice care on Long Island, New York. Watson, along with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, received the 1962 Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking work on DNA, […]