"Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought."

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986)
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About Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C. He is credited with isolating vitamin C and discovering its benefits on human health. Szent-Gyorgyi's research on biological oxidation and muscle contraction significantly contributed to the understanding of cellular respiration.

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