Oswald Avery was a Canadian-American physician and microbiologist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on the nature of genes. In 1944, along with his colleagues Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty, Avery conducted a series of experiments that demonstrated that genes are made of DNA, rather than protein as was previously believed. This discovery had a profound impact on the field of genetics and laid the groundwork for the development of modern molecular biology. Avery's work paved the way for our current understanding of how genetic information is passed down from one generation to the next. He is often referred to as the "father of molecular biology."
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