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Maclyn McCarty (June 9, 1911 – January 2, 2005) was an American geneticist, a research scientist described in 2005 as "the last surviving member of a Manhattan scientific team that overturned medical dogma in the 1940s and became the first to demonstrate that genes were made of DNA."
Jun 5, 2024 · Maclyn McCarty (born June 9, 1911, South Bend, Indiana, U.S.—died January 2, 2005, New York, New York) was an American biologist who, with Oswald Avery and Colin M. MacLeod, provided the first experimental evidence that the genetic material of living cells is composed of deoxyribonucleic acid .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 26, 2005 · Maclyn McCarty, physician and microbiologist, died of congestive heart failure in New York City on 2 January. He was the last survivor of the three-man team that demonstrated that...
- Richard M. Krause
- 2005
Jun 6, 2005 · Maclyn McCarty, or “Mac,” as he was better known, was perhaps most recognized for his part in the discovery of DNA as the carrier of genetic information. But McCarty's scientific career was long and fruitful, and his contributions to science were vast.
- Emil C. Gotschlich, Vincent A. Fischetti
- 10.1084/jem.20050848
- 2005
- J Exp Med. 2005 Jun 6; 201(11): 1699-1707.
Jan 6, 2005 · Dr. Maclyn McCarty, the last surviving member of a Manhattan scientific team that overturned medical dogma in the 1940's and became the first to demonstratethat genes were...
Oct 11, 2005 · Maclyn McCarty, who devoted his life as a physician-scientist to studying infectious disease organisms, was best known for his part in the monumental discovery that DNA, rather than protein, constituted the chemical nature of a gene.
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Jan 23, 2003 · Maclyn McCarty is the sole surviving member of the team that made the remarkable discovery that DNA is the material of inheritance. This preceded by a decade the...
