Dr. Edward Donnall Thomas ( Dr. Edward Donnall (Don) Thomas ; March 15, 1920 - October 20, 2012 ) is an American transplant doctor, professor emeritus at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center . He received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1990, along with Joseph Murray, "for his discoveries regarding organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of diseases."
| Edward Donnall Thomas | |
|---|---|
| English Dr. Edward Donnall (Don) Thomas | |
| Date of Birth | March 15, 1920 |
| Place of Birth | Texas , USA |
| Date of death | October 20, 2012 ( 92) |
| Place of death | |
| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | the medicine |
| Place of work | University of Washington |
| Alma mater | University of Texas |
| Academic degree | Ph.D |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| Awards and prizes |  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 1990 )  US National Science Medal ( 1990 ) |
It is believed that Thomas was the first to carry out a bone marrow transplant to a person in the treatment of leukemia . However, it is believed that primacy in the first successful bone marrow transplantation belongs to , who performed it at the University of Minnesota , but his involvement in the scandal probably led to the exclusion of his candidacy from a possible list of Nobel laureates.
Biography
Donnall Thomas graduated from the University of Texas at Austin , where he studied chemistry and chemical engineering, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1941, and in 1943 a master's degree. At the same time, he met his future wife Dorothy Martin, who studied journalism; their family had three children. In 1943, Thomas entered Harvard University in the field of "medicine", and in 1946 received a doctorate.
In 1992, he signed the “ Warning to Humanity” [2] . In 2003, he signed the Third Humanist Manifesto .
He died of heart failure on October 20, 2012.
Rewards
- 1981 -
- 1987 -
- 1990 - US National Science Medal
- 1990 - International Guyrdner Prize
- 1990 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1992 -
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 129487546 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ World Scientists' Warning To Humanity . Circulation date May 12, 2019.