Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

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

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died ...

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation ...

As one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century, James Watson pioneered the field of genetics and left behind a ...

Watson shared a 1962 Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins for discovering that deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a double helix.

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...

Remembered for breakthrough with Francis Crick, Watson was later ostracised by the scientific establishment over comments on ...