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My education, according to the tradition of the Jesuit school which I attended, had been centered on the 'ancient humanities', and I was strongly attracted to the more literary branches.

~Christian De Duve

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Our investigations were very fruitful. They led to the discovery of a new cell part, the lysosome, which received its name in 1955, and later of yet another organelle, the peroxisome.

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When, in 1949, I decided to join the little band of early explorers who had followed Albert Claude in his pioneering expeditions, electron microscopy was still in its infancy.

~Christian De Duve

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Although separating mitochondria and microsomes might appear worlds apart from the determination of the molecular weight of macromolecules, certain concepts were common to the two operations and could be usefully transposed from the latter to the former.

~Christian De Duve

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The possibility that lysosomes might accidentally become ruptured under certain conditions, and kill or injure their host-cells as a result, was considered right after we got our first clues to the existence of these particles.

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I followed lectures on the history, geography, economy and political organization of Sweden.

~Christian De Duve

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We are sick because our cells are sick.

~Christian De Duve

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It would be an exaggeration to say I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of what comes after, because I'm not a believer.

~Christian De Duve

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When I disappear, I will disappear; there'll be nothing left.

~Christian De Duve

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What would help us preserve our natural resources are genetic traits that let us sacrifice the present for the sake of the future. You need wisdom to sacrifice something that is immediately useful or advantageous for the sake of something that will be important in the future.

~Christian De Duve

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Biography

Nationality: Belgian

Type: Scientist

Born: October 2nd, 1917

Died: May 4th, 2013

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