He was a scientific superstar until he made racist remarks that made him an outcast. 6, 2025, at the age of 97 Watson shared a 1962 nobel prize with francis crick and maurice wilkins for discovering that deoxyribonucleic acid, or dna, is a double helix, consisting of two strands that coil around each. Scientist james watson, whose research on the structure of dna helped pave the way for developments in the study of human genetics, has died at the age of 97.
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