Severo Ochoa

“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.”

“Among the great names that adorn the roll of Nobel prize-winners in Medicine is that of Otto Meyerhof, my admired teacher and friend, to whose inspiration, guidance and encouragement I owe so very much.”

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

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