Nobel laureate stripped of honorary titles due to racist remarks
. Laboratory of Cold Spring Harbor in the United States was deprived of the discoverer of DNA, Nobel laureate James Watson honorary titles due to his statements about unequal intellectual abilities of different races.

. Laboratory of Cold Spring Harbor in the United States was deprived of the discoverer of DNA, Nobel laureate James Watson honorary titles due to his statements about unequal intellectual abilities of different races.
Caused outrage explanations 90-year-old scientist made in a documentary by broadcaster PBS, which aired 2 January.
According to the statement, the researcher was deprived of the title of honorary Trustees, Professor Emeritus of Oliver Grace and honored chief.
in 2007, the Laboratory has freed the scholar from all administrative duties. The reason was an interview with the Sunday Times, in which Watson questioned " prospects for Africa ". How then told the researcher, " all our social policies are built on the fact that their mental abilities match our - but all tests show it is not ".
James Watson is considered one of the founders of modern biology and genetics. In 1953 he opened, together with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of the structure of the DNA molecule. In 1962 they were awarded for it the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
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