Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

James Watson, the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA, died on Nov. 6, 2025, at the age of 97. Watson, along ...

WASHINGTON -- The book of genetic instructions for the human body is complete to an accuracy of 99.99 percent, a scientific achievement once deemed impossible but now considered the foundation for a ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Oxford and Cambridge researchers who produced the image map which uncovers the secrets of why humans get disease say it ...

Watson’s 1953 discovery revealed the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries hereditary information, paving the way for genetic engineering, gene therapy and modern biotechnology ...

Like a blueprint for making living microprocessors, the geometric code helps cells store and process information. “Rather than a predetermined script based on fixed genetic instruction sets, we humans ...

That discovery, made with co-researchers Francis Crick and Maurice H.F. Wilkins, led to a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick moved ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — James D. Watson, the pioneering molecular biologist whose 1953 co‑discovery of the DNA ...

Roughly one in every twelve letters of your genetic code comes from an ancient viral infection. These molecular hitchhikers ...