Christian de Duve
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Christian René, viscount de Duve (2 October 1917 – 4 May 2013) was a Belgian biochemist. He was born in Thames Ditton, Surrey and grew up in Antwerp, Belgium.[1]
Duve won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 for describing the structure and function of lysosomes and peroxisomes in the cell. Duve shared the Nobel prize with Albert Claude and George E. Palade.
De Duve died on 4 May 2013 when he asked that his life be ended through euthanasia.
References [change]
- ↑ "Christian de Duve - Autobiography". nobelprize.org. 2011 [last update]. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1974/duve-autobio.html. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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