DNA at 60

Sixty years have passed since Francis Crick and James Watson published a one-page paper that many believed would revolutionize biological research. But has their discovery really had the transformative impact that the world expected?

LONDON – On April 25, 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson published a one-page paper that many believed would revolutionize biological research. Building on the work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, they had discovered DNA’s double-helix structure, providing the first glimpse into how organisms inherit and store biological information. But, 60 years later, has their discovery really had the transformative impact that the world expected?

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