(FILES) Dr. James Watson poses with the original DNA model ahead of a press conference at the Science museum in London, May 20, 2005. 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 on November 7, 2025. He was 97. (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)