Maclyn McCarty

Premios

1. 1990

   Premio Wolf — Medicina

   Biología

   for his part in the demonstration that the transforming factor in bacteria is due to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and the concomitant discovery that the genetic material is composed of DNA.

2. 1994

   Premio Lasker — Premio Lasker-Koshland al logro especial en ciencias médicas

   Biología

   For seminal and historic investigation which revealed that DNA is the chemical substance of heredity and for ushering in a new era of contemporary genetics.