Title:

Avery in Retrospect

Creator:

Olby, Robert C. (Robert Cecil)

Recipient:

Nature Magazine

Date:

28 September 1972

Description:

In this response to Vivian Wyatt's article on the cool reception by molecular biologists to Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's 1944 article, Olby critiqued much of the evidence and many of the primary assumptions made by Wyatt.

Periodical:

Nature

Publisher:

MacMillan Magazines

Location:

Box: 4. Folder: 7

Rights:

Reproduced with permission from Nature. Copyright 1972, Macmillan Magazines Limited. and http://www.nature.com/nature/

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Articles

Subject:

DNA, History of Medicine, and Transformation, Bacterial

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

When Does Information Become Knowledge?, 1972
Reply to H. V. Wyatt, 1972
Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Robert C. Olby, 1972
Avery in Retrospect, 1972
Letter from Sewall Wright to Joshua Lederberg, 1973

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

MEDLINE UI. 73016875. Periodical. Olby, Robert C. "Avery in Retrospect." Nature 239, 5370 (28 September 1972): 295-296. Article. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images.. Nature

Legacy ID:

CCAARL

NLM ID:

101584575X426

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X426

Story Section:

After the Discovery: The Transforming Principle's Reception by the Scientific Community