James Watson’s Lifelong Friend and Protégé on His Complicated Legacy

James Watson’s lifelong friend and protégé on his complicated legacy

Legendary biologist Nancy Hopkins tells the STAT First Opinion Podcast how her mentor, James Watson of DNA fame, turned to racism and sexism late in life.

How James Watson helped unravel the double helix structure of the DNA

The discovery of the DNA structure sparked a flurry of new research, birthing fields like molecular biology, biotechnology, gene modification and editing.

James D. Watson: Double Helix and Double Standards COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY ROGER WATSON It is hard to believe that James D. Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA’s structure, has died at 97 years old. Yet, it is equally astonishing that he was still with us for so long, given that the double-helical structure of DNA was established in 1953—two years before I was born. I am 70 years old this month. My first degree, from The University of Edinburgh, is in biology with honours in biochemistry, and my PhD…

The DNA helix changed how we thought about ourselves – PR informa

James Watson, who helped discover the double-helix structure of DNA, in the Library of the Human Genome at the Wellcome Collection in London, June 20, 2007. The discovery of the structure of DNA in the early 1950s is one of the most riveting dramas in the history of science, crammed with brilliant research, naked ambition, intense rivalry and outright deception. (Jonathan Player/The New York Times) By CARL ZIMMER The discovery of the structure o…