| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Number: | 5 - 0 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Michael J Heidelberger |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1888 |
| Year, Death: | 1991 |
| Profession: | prof biochemistry |
| Department: | College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Motivation: | Methods for measuring antigens, antibody and complement. Specifically, studies on the purification of Pneumococcus polysaccharides, leading to routines for immunization against pneumococcal pneumonia. |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Earl T Engle |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | prof anatomy |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |