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.

Since the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA nearly 70 years ago, scientists have worked to understand how the two strands of DNA are opened to access the genetic information they ...

When DNA is cross-linked, the "nucleotides" (the "steps" in the double-helix ladder of DNA) of the two strands become stuck together, preventing this unzipping. The accumulation of DNA damages ...

She realised that DNA had a double helix structure, confirmed by Photograph 51. Photograph: ... They solved the riddle relatively quickly, announcing their double helix discovery in Nature in 1953.

Born in London on July 25, 1920, chemist Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a woman of many talents, the most prominent of which was her talent for scientific discovery. From a young age, Franklin was ...

For DNA Day, and to mark the 70th year since the discovery of DNA’s structure, GEN talks with Matthew Cobb on Franklin, Crick, and more.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed how DNA replicates, helping pave the way for a revolution in genetics ...

Features, animation, galleries and more on the double helix at 50. This special package peers into DNA's future, puts Watson and Crick's work in context, and looks at biology beyond DNA.

Dr. James Watson is auctioning off the Nobel Prize medal he won for the discovery of the structure of DNA. Christie's auction house set the reserve price at $2.5 million.