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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

Nov 7, 2025, 11:57 AM | Updated: 12:34 pm

FILE - U.S. Nobel laureate, biologist James Watson speaks at the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Mo...

FILE - U.S. Nobel laureate, biologist James Watson speaks at the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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NEW YORK (AP) — James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97