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Title: James D. Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead At 97

Link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/2...

ole_timer shares a report from the New York Times: James D. Watson, who
entered the pantheon of science at age 25 when he joined in the discovery of
the structure of DNA, one of the most momentous breakthroughs in the history
of science, died on Thursday in East Northport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was
97. His death, in a hospice, was confirmed on Friday by his son Duncan, who
said Dr. Watson was transferred to the hospice from a hospital this week
after being treated there for an infection. Dr. Watson's role in decoding
DNA, the genetic blueprint for life, would have been enough to establish him
as one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. But he cemented
that fame by leading the ambitious Human Genome Project and writing perhaps
the most celebrated memoir in science.

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