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James Watson, Who Helped Discover DNA Structure, Dies

James Watson, Who Helped Discover the Structure of DNA, is Dead at 97

James Dewey Watson, the molecular biologist whose work helped decode the structure of DNA, died on November 6, 2025, at a hospice in East Northport, N.Y.

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James Watson, controversial co-discoverer of DNA's structure, dies at 97

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James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97

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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died.

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DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

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Scientist who unraveled the code of life dies at 97

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The DNA Helix Changed How We Thought About Ourselves

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

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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure

Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player. Lore has it that the decisive insight for the double helix came when Watson was ...

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What was Rosalind Franklin’s true role in the discovery of DNA’s double helix?

Rosalind Franklin’s role in the discovery of the structure of DNA may have been different than previously believed. Franklin wasn’t the victim of data theft at the hands of James Watson and Francis Crick, say biographers of the famous duo. Instead, she ...