Harry Rose
Harry Rose · Science & Medicine
Physician, co-describer of the rheumatoid-factor (Rose-Waaler) test
1906, Niles, Ohio, USA — 1986, Meredith, New Hampshire, USA
United States (New York — Columbia University)
Harry Rose is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician, co-describer of the rheumatoid-factor (Rose-Waaler) test
Rose, an American Jewish physician and microbiologist at Columbia, led the laboratory that in 1948 devised the first practical diagnostic test for rheumatoid arthritis by detecting rheumatoid factor in patients' blood. Developed independently by the Norwegian bacteriologist Erik Waaler, it became known as the Rose-Waaler test and long served as a key rheumatology diagnostic.
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Physician, co-describer of the rheumatoid-factor (Rose-Waaler) test
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
