David Keilin
David Keilin · Science & Medicine
Biologist who discovered the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration.
1887, Moscow, Russia — 1963, Cambridge, England
Russia · Poland · United Kingdom
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David Keilin was a biologist who discovered (or rediscovered and named) the cytochromes, the respiratory pigments central to cellular respiration, revealing how cells use oxygen to release energy. He worked for decades at Cambridge, also making major contributions to parasitology. He was Jewish, born to a Polish Jewish family in Moscow.
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Biologist who discovered the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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