Remembering DNA Pioneer Francis Crick

By Ira Flatow,

Noah Adams

Published July 29, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Nobel laureate Francis Crick, who along with James Watson uncovered the "double helix" spiral structure of DNA, died Wednesday at age 88. In 1953, the pair announced they had determined the structure of DNA, the molecule that carries the codes for genes. Hear NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Science Fridayand NPR's Noah Adams.

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