George Emil Palade

Romanian cell biologist, physician and nobel laureate.

Born November 19th, 1912 in Iași.

Died October 7th, 2008 at 95 years old in Del Mar. [ref]

Occupations
cell biologist, chemist, inventor, physician, physicist, university teacher
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks