This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

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

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

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

In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and the woman who was left out of the accolades. By Bill Gourgey Published May 31, 2022 7:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

His collaboration with biophysicist Francis Crick on the molecular key to all living organisms would make him one of the most ...

(Nanowerk News) Small changes in the structure of DNA have been implicated in breast cancer and other diseases, but they've been extremely difficult to detect -- until now. Using what they describe as ...

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CRISPR-based genome editing has considerable therapeutic potential in a wide range of diseases 1,2,3,4,5. A key challenge is achieving efficient, clinically suitable delivery of genome editing ...

In the middle of the 20th century, accumulating data suggested that DNA carries life’s genetic information. Biochemists around the world raced to determine its structure. The competition led to some ...