The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.

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

James D Watson, the Nobel-winning co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, has died at 97. His legacy blends scientific triumph ...