Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95

October 11, 2008 Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Palade dies at 95 (AP)

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Dr. George E. Palade, who pioneered research into the structure and functions of a cell, is shown in New York, in this Nov. 15, 1966 file photo. Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)

(AP) -- Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation at the University of California, San Diego, has died. He was 95.



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