08.11.2025 19:01
James Dewey Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who changed the course of genetic science by discovering the double helix structure of DNA, has passed away at the age of 97. It was announced that Watson died after being transferred from the hospital, where he had been receiving treatment, to a nursing home.
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American geneticist James Dewey Watson, who signed one of the greatest discoveries of modern science by deciphering the structure of DNA, passed away at the age of 97.
The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where Watson served for many years, announced on its official website that the famous scientist had been receiving treatment for an infection for some time, was transferred from the hospital to a nursing home earlier this week, and died there.
THE NAME THAT SOLVED THE SECRET OF DNA
Watson, along with British scientist Francis Crick, discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953, and is considered one of the founders of modern genetic science with this discovery.
This work is regarded as a turning point in understanding the hereditary characteristics of living beings, researching genetic diseases in medicine, and the development of biotechnology.
NOBEL PRIZE AND SCIENTIFIC LEGACY
James Watson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962, along with British physicist Maurice Wilkins and Francis Crick, for this groundbreaking discovery.
Throughout his life, Watson made significant contributions to genetic science, molecular biology, and DNA research, and also wrote about the scientific discovery process from his perspective in his book "The Double Helix."
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