James Watson, the American scientist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology and Medicine who discovered the structure of DNA, has died at the age of 97. According to Oxu.Az, the news was reported by the Associated Press. Watson’s son stated that the scientist passed away in New York after a short illness. It should be noted that in 1953, James Watson, together with British biophysicist Francis Crick, described the structure of the DNA molecule. This discovery paved the way for the development of molecular biology and molecular genetics, as well as modern medicine and biotechnology.