How Heidelberger and Avery sweetened immunology.
In 1923, a young chemist-turned-microbiologist and his mentor made the startling discovery that bacterial sugars could be targeted by the immune system--a groundbreaking finding that helped launch the field of immunochemistry.
Van Epps
Heather L
HL
hvanepps@rockefeller.edu
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