The breakthrough turned the Nobel Prize-winning biologist into a hallowed figure in the world of science. But he later faced condemnation and professional censure for remarks deemed racist.

James Watson helped his research partners to discover the double helix structure of DNA and died of unknown causes at an East ...

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NEW YORK, November 8. /TASS/. Nobel-Prize winning American scientist James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, has passed away aged 97, the Associated Press news agency reported.

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

Watson shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for confirming that DNA is a double helix made of ...

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