Joseph Murray is awarded the medicine prize for pioneering organ transplantation as a treatment for human disease. His work included the first successful kidney transplant between identical twins and helped establish the clinical possibilities of transplantation.
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Joseph Edward Murray
Nobel Prize history for Joseph Edward Murray based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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