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“Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the chemical characteristics and the constitution of proteins, which are regarded as the principal con-stituents of living organisms.”

Quote by Karl Landsteiner

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Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner, born on June 14, 1868 in Austria, passed away on June 26, 1943 in the United States. He was an Austrian-American physician and immunologist, renowned for his discovery of the ABO blood group system. Landsteiner's research had a profound impact on the development of blood transfusion medicine and immunology. more

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