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“As a progressive discipline [biochemistry] belongs to the present century. From the experimental physiologists of the last century it obtained a charter, and, from a few pioneers of its own, a promise of success; but for the furtherance of its essential aim that century left it but a small inheritance of facts and methods. By its essential or ultimate aim I myself mean an adequate and acceptable description of molecular dynamics in living cells and tissues.”

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Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Frederick Gowland Hopkins was a British biochemist renowned for his contributions to nutrition and biochemistry. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1932 for his discovery of vitamins. more

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