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Oswald Avery

(1877–1955) Physician

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Oswald Avery was a physician, best known for Acute Lobar Pneumonia.

Quick Facts About Oswald Avery

Born
October 21, 1877
Died
February 2, 1955
Profession
Physician
Notable works
Acute Lobar Pneumonia

About Oswald Avery

Oswald Theodore Avery Jr. was a Canadian-American physician and medical researcher. The major part of his career was spent at the Rockefeller Hospital in New York City. Avery was one of the first molecular biologists and a pioneer in immunochemistry, but he is best known for the experiment that isolated DNA as the material of which genes and chromosomes are made.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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