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 ...

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dead at 97

James D. Watson, an American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA ushered in the age of genetics, has died ...