Michael Heidelberger
Michael Heidelberger · Science & Medicine
Regarded as the father of modern immunochemistry for quantifying the antibody-antigen reaction.
1888, New York City, USA — 1991, New York City, USA
United States (New York — Columbia · Rutgers · NYU)
Michael Heidelberger is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Regarded as the father of modern immunochemistry for quantifying the antibody-antigen reaction.
A New York-born Jewish chemist, Heidelberger turned immunology into a quantitative science by measuring the antibody-antigen reaction in precise chemical terms, work widely credited with founding modern immunochemistry. His methods, refined over a career spanning more than seven decades, made antibodies measurable and reproducible.
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Regarded as the father of modern immunochemistry for quantifying the antibody-antigen reaction.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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