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For a scientist, it is a unique experience to live through a period in which his field of endeavor comes to bloom — to be witness to those rare moments when the dawn of understanding finally descends upon what appeared to be confusion only a while ago — to listen to the sound of darkness crumbling.

George Emil Palade

George Emil Palade

George Emil Palade

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Born: November 19, 1912

Died: October 8, 2008 (aged 95)

Bio: George Emil Palade was a Romanian-American cell biologist. He was described as "the most influential cell biologist ever"; in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, together with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.

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