Maclyn McCarty

Description: (American Geneticist Best Known for Proving That DNA, Not Protein, Was the Chemical Basis of the Gene)
Maclyn McCarty was an American geneticist who became the first person to illustrate that genes were made of DNA. McCarty served as the Rockefeller University Hospital's physician-in-chief for 14 years. He also served as the vice president and a trusted adviser of Rockefeller University.

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Birthday June 9, 1911 (Gemini)
Died on January 2, 2005
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