Severo Ochoa quotes

Severo Ochoa was a Spanish scientist and biochemist, renowned for his pioneering work on RNA synthesis. His research significantly advanced the understanding of genetic information transfer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to molecular biology. Here are 4 of his quotes:

Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.

Severo Ochoa

I treated as few patients as I could as a medical student, and I never practiced medicine.

Severo Ochoa

The nucleic acids have considerable biological importance because of their role in cell growth and in the transmission of hereditary characters.

Severo Ochoa