Fred (Friedrich) Neufeld was a physician and bacteriologist who discovered the pneumococcal types. This discovery led Fred Griffith to show that one pneumococcal type could be transformed into another. Subsequently, Oswald Avery demonstrated that the transforming substance was DNA.
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Fred (Friedrich) Neufeld was a physician and bacteriologist who discovered the pneumococcal types. This discovery led Fred Griffith to show that one pneumococcal type could be transformed into another. Subsequently, Oswald Avery demonstrated that the transforming substance was DNA. All modern molecular biology has evolved from this work.
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Lived 1869 to 1945 · aged 76
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