| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Number: | 44 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Oswald Theodore Avery |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1877 |
| Year, Death: | 1955 |
| Profession: | dept head |
| University: | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University) |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Michael J Heidelberger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| Profession: | Associate professor of biochemistry |
| Department: | College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominee 3: |
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| Name: | Alphonse R Dochez |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1882 |
| Year, Death: | 1964 |
| Profession: | prof medicine |
| University: | New York University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | Work on the role of carbohydrates on bacterial immunity. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | M Lisbonne |
| Profession: | prof microbiology |
| University: | University of Montpellier |
| City: | Montpellier |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
