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Edward Donnall Thomas
1920 – 2012
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEdward Donnall "Don" Thomas was an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In 1990 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Joseph E. Murray for the development of cell and organ transplantation. Thomas and his wife and research partner Dottie Thomas developed bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for leukemia.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 15, 1920
Mart
Date of death
October 20, 2012
Seattle
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
physicianuniversity teacherhematologistphysicist
Awards & honours
Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineCanada Gairdner International AwardNational Medal of ScienceKettering PrizeGeorge M. Kober MedalKarl Landsteiner Memorial Award
- Field and occupation
- lekár z Spojené štáty americké
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