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Created a microscope that was able to magnify up to 300 times. And he also discovered bacteria in water.
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Discovered the first building blocks of life, the cell, by placing cork tissue under one of the first microscopes.
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Found the importance of the nucleus, and was a co-founder of the cell theory.
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Concludes that all animals are made up of cells.
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Proposes that all cells come from existing cells, completeing the cell theory.
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Demonstrated that te cell membrane is a physical structure, notjust an interface between two liquids.
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Proposed the idea that certain organelles, tiny structure within some cells, were once free-living cells themselves.
