The tool helps scientists understand how single-letter mutations and distant DNA regions influence gene activity, shaping ...

James D. Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist and geneticist and former director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, best known for his discovery of the double helix structure of the DNA ...

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement from his former ...