Oswald Avery Biography

Oswald Avery biography

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NAME: Oswald Avery
OCCUPATION: Geneticist
BIRTH DATE: October 21, 1877
DEATH DATE: February 20, 1955
EDUCATION: Colgate University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Halifax, Canada
PLACE OF DEATH: Nashville, Tennessee

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Oswald Avery discovered cell transformation. He recognized that DNA carries a cell’s genetic material and can be altered.

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Oswald Avery was born on October 21, 1877, in Halifax, Canada. After graduating from Colgate University, he accepted a research position at the Rockefeller Institute Hospital. In 1944, he and his coworkers discovered that DNA carries a cell’s genetic material and can be altered through transformation. He did not receive a Nobel Prize, but his research led to understanding the genetic code. He died on February 20, 1955.

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