James Watson’s work on the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA led to a revolution in biology and genetics ...

Scientists say they've come up with a way for the body to produce its own store of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1).

Water bears survive cosmic radiation with one DNA-protecting protein, Dsup. Learning how could help protect humans against ...

So, what are retrons? They’re bacterial immune systems that save the bacterial herd by culling individual bacteria infected ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...

That discovery, made with co-researchers Francis Crick and Maurice H.F. Wilkins, led to a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick moved ...

James D. Watson, the American molecular biologist who helped discover the structure of DNA, has died aged 97, reigniting ...

Current health news highlights include: a review on hepatitis B vaccine data, China's lift on Brazilian poultry imports, FDA's hold on Tenaya's heart disease therapy, the death of DNA co-discoverer ...

Watson’s 1953 discovery revealed the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries hereditary information, paving the way for genetic engineering, gene therapy and modern biotechnology ...

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

In his later years, Watson's reputation was tarnished by comments on genetics and race that led him to be ostracized by the ...

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the ...