HR
Science & Medicine

Harry Rose

Who

Harry Rose · Science & Medicine

What

Physician, co-describer of the rheumatoid-factor (Rose-Waaler) test

When

1906, Niles, Ohio, USA — 1986, Meredith, New Hampshire, USA

Where

United States (New York — Columbia University)

Biography

Harry Rose is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician, co-describer of the rheumatoid-factor (Rose-Waaler) test

How & why

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.

Sources & external links

Verify and go deeper with these external references.

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

Contributions & Sources

Physician, co-describer of the rheumatoid-factor (Rose-Waaler) test

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science