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Thomas, Edward Donnall |
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Thomas, Edward Donnall, 1920–, American physician, b. Mart, Tex., M.D. Harvard, 1946. A surgeon at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash., Thomas performed (1970) the first successful bone marrow transplant between people who were not twins. For his innovation he was awarded the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which he shared with Joseph E. Murray Murray, Joseph E., 1919–, American surgeon, b. Milford, Mass., M.D. Harvard, 1943. Trained as a plastic surgeon, Murray became interested in organ transplants, performing the first human kidney transplant in 1954 between two men who were identical twins. ..... Click the link for more information. , the first doctor to perform a successful kidney transplant. Known as the "father of the bone marrow transplant," Thomas built the Hutchinson Center into the world's largest bone marrow transplant unit. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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