Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, stands inside a laboratory at ...

For 10% of colorectal cancer patients, hereditary factors play a role, with higher percentages among younger patients.

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.The ...