DNA shape and rigidity regulate key players of gene expression

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...
NPR

Correction: Rosalind Franklin's crucial contribution to the discovery of DNA's structure

A piece that aired on NPR this week about the discovery of DNA's structure neglected to mention the significant contribution of Rosalind Franklin to that scientific milestone. And now some important ...
NPR

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

For James Watson, DNA was everything — not just his life's work, but the secret of life itself. Over his long and storied career, Watson arguably did more than any other scientist to transform a ...
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James Watson, famous geneticist and Nobel Prize co-winner in the structure of DNA, dies at 97

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement from his former ...