¨ James
Watson, Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of DNA, has passed away at the age of
97.
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Nobel Prize-winning scientist James
Watson, along with Francis Crick, discovered the double-helix structure of DNA
in 1953.
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This groundbreaking discovery, which
earned Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine, revolutionized the field of molecular biology.
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Watson was born in Chicago in 1928 and
pursued advanced studies and research at the University of Chicago and later at
Cambridge.
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His collaboration with Francis Crick,
supported by Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray diffraction images, led to one of the
most significant biological discoveries of the 20th century.
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Watson taught at Harvard University and
later served as director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, helping develop it
into a major research center.
¨ In
2014, Watson sold his Nobel Prize medal for $4.8 million, citing ostracism from
the scientific community.
