“We do not know what life is, and yet we manipulate it as if it were an inorganic salt solution…”

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Ukrinian-born biochemist who emigrated to the United States 1905–2002

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“We do not know what life is, and yet we manipulate it as if it were an inorganic salt solution…”

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