Oswald Avery was one of the founding fathers of immunochemistry (the study of the chemical aspects of immunology) and a major contributor to the scientific evolution of microbiology. His studies of the Pneumococcus virus (causing acute pneumonia) led...

By the early 1940s, scientists knew that chromosomes existed and that they were composed of smaller units called genes. Chemical analysis had revealed that the eucaryotic chromosome consists of about 50 percent protein and 50 percent deoxyribonucleic...

By the early 1940s, scientists knew that chromosomes existed and that they were composed of smaller units called genes. Chemical analysis had revealed that the eucaryotic chromosome consists of about 50% protein and 50% deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA)....

1877-1955 Canadian-American Bacteriologist and Physician DNA's role in genetics and heredity was one of the focal points of biological inquiry in the second half of the twentieth century, but through most of the first half of the century there...

Oswald Theodore Avery (October 21, 1877–2 February, 1955) was a Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Institute Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first...