Nobel laureate in Medicine chose euthanasia
The professor, who has been feeling worse lately, gave an interview before his death in which he said that death scares him, but he is not afraid of what will happen after: "I am an unbeliever. When I disappear, I'll just disappear and nothing will be left."
De Duve was a member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and the Belgian Academy of Sciences. He studied the biochemistry of insulin and glucagon, discovered lysosomes (single-membrane organoids that are part of the endomembrane system of the cell). It was for this discovery that he received the Nobel Prize in 1974.
In addition to her, de Duve has an Officer's Award from the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, a special honorary award from the Gardner Foundation and a prize from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. The scientist has also been awarded honorary degrees from more than ten different American and European universities.
De Duve was born in 1917, received his degree in medicine in 1941, and in chemistry five years later. His research has led to significant progress in medicine in general and in oncology in particular.
The father of four children made the decision on euthanasia more than a month ago.
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