Quotation:
"Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock."
More quotes from: Paul D. Boyer
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- "An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel. "
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- "During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar. "
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- "Hardy Mormon pioneers had settled the area only 70 years before my birth in 1918. "
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- "I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited ..."
- "I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president. "
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- "In 1956 I accepted a Hill Foundation Professorship and moved to the medical school campus ..."
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- "It was always assumed that I would go to college. "
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- "Minnesota has generally competent and honest public officials, good support of the schools and cultural ..."
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- "Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any ..."
- "My father, Dell Delos Boyer, born in 1879 in Springville, Utah, came from the Pennsylvania ..."
- "My first exposure to chemistry came when I was given a chemistry set for Christmas. "
- "My French heritage has been mixed with English and other nationalities as the Guymons descended. "
- "My older brother, Roy, and I had a play-fight relationship. "
- "My Ph.D. degree was granted in the spring of 1943, the nation was at war, ..."
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- "The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and ..."
- "The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment. "
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- "The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote. "
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- "This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin ..."
- "We soon found that the enzyme-bound phosphohistidine we had discovered was an intermediate in the ..."


