Felix Haurowitz
Felix Haurowitz · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who advanced immunochemistry and the understanding of hemoglobin structure.
1896, Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) — 1987, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Czechoslovakia · Turkey · United States
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Felix Haurowitz was a biochemist who made major contributions to immunochemistry and to the understanding of hemoglobin, including early evidence that hemoglobin changes structure on binding oxygen. He advanced the 'template' theory of antibody formation. A Jewish scientist born in Prague, he fled Nazi-threatened Europe, working in Istanbul before settling in the United States at Indiana University.
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Biochemist who advanced immunochemistry and the understanding of hemoglobin structure.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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