Maclyn McCarty

Prix

1. 1990

   Prix Wolf — Médecine

   Biologie

   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

   Prix Lasker — Prix Lasker-Koshland pour réalisations spéciales en sciences médicales

   Biologie

   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.