| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 
| Year: | 1953 | 
| Number: | 25 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Oswald Theodore  Avery | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1877 | 
| Year, Death: | 1955 | 
| Profession: | former dept head | 
| University: | Rockefeller University | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Michael J Heidelberger | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1888 | 
| Year, Death: | 1991 | 
| Profession: | Professor | 
| University: | Columbia University | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominee 3: 
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| Name: | Walther F Goebel | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1899 | 
| Year, Death: | 1993 | 
| Profession: | dr | 
| University: | Rockefeller University | 
| City: | New York | 
| State: | NY | 
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | A L Olitzki | 
| Profession: | Professor in bacteriology | 
| Department: | Bacteriology Department | 
| University: | Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School | 
| City: | Jerusalem | 
| Country: | ISRAEL (IL) | 
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