At the Symposium on the Plasma Membrane in 1961, when a group of unknown researchers reported the reconstitution of a bimolecular lipid membrane in vitro, the report was met with scepticism. Those present included some of the foremost proponents of the lipid bilayer concept, such as Davson, Danielli, Stoechenius, Adrian, Mauro, Finean, and many others.
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