Research Matters

Beyond the Double Helix: How four-stranded DNA ‘knots’ helps proteins fold

Researchers have identified the specific structural loops in G-quadruplex DNA that allow it to act as a chaperone, preventing ...
Los Angeles Times

Scientist Rosalind Franklin’s often overlooked role in DNA discovery gets a new twist

NEW YORK — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Now, two ...
USA Today

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix who later courted controversy, dead at 97

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation ...
NPR

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at age 97

For James Watson, DNA was everything — not just his life's work, but the secret of life itself. Over his long and storied career, Watson arguably did more than any other scientist to transform a ...