The double helix is a description of the molecular shape of a double-stranded DNA molecule. In 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson first described the molecular structure of DNA, which they ...

DNA was discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a compound from the nuclei of white blood ... shape of DNA as a "double helix." ...

The Race for the Double Helix, a 1987 made-for-television film that dramatizes the discovery of the structure of DNA by the legendary duo James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. The film stars Jeff ...