Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Charles A. Doan, Ohio State University

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Identifier: 101584940X84

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Dates

Creation: 30 January 1940

Extent

1 pages

Creator

Heidelberger, Michael (Creator, Person)

Description

In this letter, Heidelberger discussed prospective experiments with dye solutions of egg albumin, a major plasma protein, used to make immune reactions visible and to understand their mechanism better. Heidelberger had pioneered the use of dye solutions in immunochemistry--a red dye bound to albumin or to streptococcus antigen--and had supplied such dyes to Florence R. Sabin at the Rockefeller Institute for her research on tuberculosis bacteria chemistry and the immune responses to these bacteria.