Joseph E. Murray, Transplant Doctor and Nobel Winner, Dies at 93

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 04:10 in Health & Medicine

Dr. Murray died in the hospital where he performed the first successful human organ transplant in 1954, when he gave a 23-year-old’s kidney to his identical twin.

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