So, what are retrons? They’re bacterial immune systems that save the bacterial herd by culling individual bacteria infected ...

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

The co-discoverer of the structure of DNA helped to strengthen a US research institute and wrote a classic textbook, but also ...

In 1990, Watson was named to lead the Human Genome Project, whose goal was to determine the order of the 3 billion chemical units that constitute humans' full complement of DNA ...

Advances in DNA technology have made it easier to identify remains from decades-old cases. Concetta Callahan talks to Pima County's chief medical examiner about how that has affected his work.

James Watson, who has died aged 97, was the 25-year-old American biologist who in 1953, with Francis Crick, revealed the ...

On a foggy Saturday morning in 1953, a tall, skinny 24-year-old man fiddled with shapes he had cut out of cardboard. They ...

James Watson helped his research partners to discover the double helix structure of DNA and died of unknown causes at an East ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

In his later years, Watson's reputation was tarnished by comments on genetics and race that led him to be ostracized by the ...

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among ...

BillionToOne, Inc. develops DNA molecular counting technology. It can detect disorders such as sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis. The company was founded by Oguzhan Atay, Sukrit Silas, and David ...