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In the year 1925, who extracted lipids from an erythrocyte sample and found that lipid monolayers are good for measuring molecular surface area versus lateral pressure?
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Gorter and Grendel
Gorter and Grendel performed the lipid extraction experiment in 1925.
They showed that cell membranes are lipid bilayers using surface area measurements.
This experiment became foundational in membrane biology studies.
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