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James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Double-Helix Shape of DNA, Has Died at Age 97

James D. Watson, PhD, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure, has died

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