Word: lauffer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Viruses. A stride toward identifying the viruses responsible for many ills, from the common cold to infantile paralysis, was reported by the Rockefeller Institute's Dr. Max A. Lauffer. His colleague Dr. Wendell M. Stanley had advanced the theory that one virus (tobacco mosaic) was a giant protein molecule which, contrary to the usual behavior of molecules, can reproduce itself within living cells. To prove this theory, Dr. Lauffer used a high-speed whirling machine that works like a cream separator. He whirled a solution of tobacco mosaic protein, to separate the protein molecules from the rest...
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