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Nobel Prize-winning scientist Francis Crick (search), who with James Watson (search) discovered the spiral, "double-helix" structure of DNA, paving the way for everything from DNA blood tests to ...

Francis Crick, whose co-discovery of the structure of DNA launched the modern genetics revolution and opened the road to biotechnology, has died in La Jolla at age 88.

Francis Crick, one of the premier biologists of the 20th century, passed away last week in San Diego. On his 88th birthday last month, I brought him chocolates and spent the day with him in his ...

"Francis is an atheist," Barondes, age 70, told me a few months before Crick's death. "He wants to remove the element of a divine power at work in biology. He is looking for solid, scientific answers.

Ridley described the life of theorist and scientist Francis Crick. Crick, noted for being one of the co-discoverers of the DNA code, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962 along with James Watson and ...

Ridley described the life of theorist and scientist Francis Crick. Crick, noted for being one of the co-discoverers of the DNA code, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962 along with James Watson and ...