title: How Heidelberger and Avery sweetened immunology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: hvanepps@rockefeller.edu
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Van Epps
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007120:Immunochemistry / Q000266:history*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial