Too often in old age, he made unjustified racial remarks in highly offensive ways with immense ‘titanic’ public consequences ...

James Watson, who has died aged 97, was the 25-year-old American biologist who in 1953, with Francis Crick, revealed the double helix structure of DNA, the chemical of which genes are made; for this ...

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...

James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should ...

Familiarity with the following concepts is a prerequisite for this course. While some of this material will be reviewed in class, students are ultimately responsible for acquiring any background ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s helical structure. By Delthia Ricks Franklin W. Stahl, a molecular biologist ...

A team of researchers has made a discovery in fruit flies that could change the way we understand brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in humans. The scientists found that Eato -- a ...

Researchers have proposed that the ability to grow long scalp hair in humans originated from an ancient molecular program that was reactivated by evolutionary factors, such as walking upright.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Influenza A (Flu A) and B (Flu B) viruses are responsible for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) worldwide, with a morbidity of 5 million and mortality of 29,000 - ...

Biochemistry is vital for the study of cells, disease, and medicine, as well as in diverse fields such as genetics and agriculture. Chemical biology spans the fields of chemistry and biology, applying ...