Open AccessHow Heidelberger and Avery sweetened immunology
Author(s) -
Heather L. Van Epps
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of experimental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.483
H-Index - 448
eISSN - 1540-9538
pISSN - 0022-1007
DOI - 10.1084/jem20210fta
Subject(s) - immunochemistry , immunology , immune system , medicine , biology , antibody
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.
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