NEW YORK -- The discovery of DNA's double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science -- and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Much of the ...

James Watson’s discovery of DNA’s structure, the double helix, with Francis Crick in 1953, revolutionized human understanding of how life works, but other pioneering scientists paved the way for their ...

In 1962, scientists James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. However, it has long been believed that the ...

To what lengths is a scientist willing to go to become successful? For anyone who has ever had experience with scientific research, it becomes evident that science is a commitment that requires a ...

Watson and Crick discovered DNA’s structure, but other scientists paved the way for them. James Watson and Francis Crick discovered DNA’s structure in 1953, but other scientists paved the way for them ...

The Watson and Crick paper essentially solved the focal question of molecular geneticists in 1953. It also impacted a spectrum of research areas that did not focus on genes themselves. I recall the ...

SAN DIEGO -- Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick, who co-discovered the spiral, "double-helix" structure of DNA in 1953 and opened the way for everything from gene-spliced crops and medicines ...

Maurice Wilkins, a Nobel Prizewinning pioneer of DNA research, died Tuesday at a London hospital. He was 88. Wilkins was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 along with the two scientists ...

Odile Crick, 86, an artist who made the first widely published sketch of the double-helix structure of DNA, died July 5 at her home in La Jolla, Calif. She had cancer. Her husband, Francis H.C. Crick, ...

A bidder paid over $6 million at an auction today (April 10) for a letter British scientist Francis Crick wrote to his 12-year-old son explaining the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule, which ...