Groundbreaking experiments by Griffith, Avery, Hershey, and Chase disproved the notion that proteins were genetic material. Through a series of experiments, Griffith established that the virulence ...

American microbiologists Hershey and Chase performed their "blender" experiments at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. Hershey also worked extensively on bacteriophage biology. Last, but not least, ...

1952: Geneticists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase publish the findings of their so-called blender experiments, which conclude that DNA is where life's hereditary data is found. Prior to these ...

The experiment's significance was reinforced by its pedagogical value; the Hershey-Chase experiment became a staple of molecular biology textbooks. The blender experiment exemplified Hershey's ...

She was 75. In 1952, Chase participated in what came to be known as the Hershey-Chase experiment in her capacity as a laboratory assistant to Alfred D. Hershey. He won a Nobel Prize for his insights ...

Martha Chase, 75, a researcher who in her early 20s became part of one of the most famous DNA experiments ever conducted ... Chase and biologist Alfred D. Hershey, working at Cold Spring Harbor ...