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Mar 28, 2024 · Joseph E. Murray (born April 1, 1919, Milford, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 26, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American surgeon who in 1990 was co-winner (with E. Donnall Thomas) of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work in lifesaving organ- and tissue-transplant techniques. Murray received a bachelor of arts degree ...
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990 was awarded jointly to Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas "for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease"
Joseph Edward Murray (April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012) was an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant on identical twins Richard and Ronald Herrick on December 23, 1954.
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Nov 26, 2012 · Born: 1 April 1919, Milford, MA, USA. Died: 26 November 2012, Boston, MA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease”. Prize share: 1/2.
Nov 28, 2012 · Dr. Joseph Murray was a Harvard Medical School professor who performed the first kidney transplant in 1954. He overcame many challenges and failures to save lives and change the field of medicine.
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Nov 28, 2012 · By Cornelia Dean. Nov. 27, 2012. Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who opened a new era of medicine with the first successful human organ transplant, died on Monday in Boston. He was 93. He died at...
Jan 12, 2013 · Nobel laureate who pioneered kidney transplantation. Born on April 1, 1919, in Milford, MA, USA, he died from complications after a stroke on Nov 26, 2012, in Boston, MA, USA, aged 93 years. Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1990 for the first successful kidney transplantation between identical twins, between ...
