McCarty was the youngest and longest surviving member of the research team responsible for this feat ( known as the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment ) , which also included Oswald T. Avery and Colin MacLeod ; he died on January 2 , 2005 , from congestive heart failure .
McCarty was the youngest and longest surviving member of the research team responsible for the Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment .