Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Michael Heidelberger

Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Michael Heidelberger

Contributor(s):
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955
Heidelberger, Michael
Publication:
Produced: 29 August 1935
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Precipitin Tests
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In this letter Heidelberger's former mentor and collaborator Oswald Avery, affectionately called "Fess" by his colleagues, congratulated him on the development of his quantitative theory of the precipitin reaction. A break-through in immunology, the theory established the multivalence of antigens and antibodies, or the ability of each to form chemical bonds with two or (in the case of most antigens) more molecules of the other. "I rejoice to see the mysteries of immunological phenomena yielding beautifully to the laws of classical chemistry," Avery wrote.
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Extent:
2 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X63 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBFB
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X63
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)