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Nobel laureate credited with DNA structure discovery leaves behind a chequered legacy
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|November 09, 2025
James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure, but whose career was later tainted by his repeated racist remarks — has died, his former lab said Friday. He was 97.
The eminent biologist died Thursday in hospice care on Long Island in New York, announced the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where he was based for much of his career.
This story is from the November 09, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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