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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > May
> May 2, 2003:
Hour Two: James
Watson / Stem Cell Update
In April of 1953, the journal Nature published a very short paper
by two scientists, Francis Crick and James Watson. In that paper,
the pair suggested a structure for the DNA molecule -- which, they
pointed out, "has novel features which are of considerable biological
interest." The world hasn't been the same since.
Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins won the 1962 Nobel Prize for their
work on DNA. Since then, Dr. Watson launched the Human Genome Project
and headed up the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In this hour, fifty
years after the publication of that historic paper, we'll talk with
Watson about his life in genetics. Plus, the latest stem cell news.
Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Hans Schöler
Professor, Reproductive Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
James Watson
Author,
"DNA: The Secret of Life" (Knopf, 2003)
Nobel Laureate, 1962
Prize for Physiology or Medicine
President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
James
Watson - Biography
James
Dewey Watson
TIME
100: Scientists & Thinkers - James Watson & Francis Crick
DNA
discovery focus from the nature journal: double helix
BBC
NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Secret of life' discovery turns 50
DNA:
50 years of the Double Helix
June
2, 2000, Hour Two: A Conversation with James D. Watson
February
28, 2003, Hour One: DNA Structure Anniversary
October
25, 2002, Hour Two: Rosalind Franklin.
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth and Adrian MacDonald
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