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E. Donnall Thomas
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American hematologist (1920-2012)
E. Donnall Thomas was an American hematologist who pioneered bone marrow transplantation, a medical technique that has saved countless lives by replacing diseased blood-forming cells with healthy ones. His groundbreaking work in the field earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, making him one of the most influential medical researchers of the 20th century.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- How Sportsmen Saved the World
- To all things a season
- Fool hen blues
- Fly fishing
- Classic papers in hematological oncology
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1980-07-04
Discography
- Remember September2007
- A Place in Heaven2011
- Ocean Princess2011
- Promise2011
- Starvation2011
- <32011
- Illusions2011
- The Hero in Your Heart2013
- Autumn Love2014
- That's a Wrap2014
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,277x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,169x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,964x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,098x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,346x
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Donnall Thomas , ( 1920-03-15 ) March 15, 1920, Mart, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20) (aged 92), Seattle , Washington , U.S.
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin ( BA , MA ), Harvard University ( MD )
- Known for
- Transplantation
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , National Medal of Science
- Fields
- Medicine
- Institutions
- Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
- Notable students
- Eloise Giblett
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1990
“for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease”
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Donnall "Don" Thomas (March 15, 1920 – October 20, 2012) 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.
Thomas was a lead investigator in a failed series of experimental treatments for leukemia and for Graft-versus-host disease at Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center from 1981 to 1993. Participants were not informed that Thomas and other researchers had a potential financial conflict of interest in the trials, and were never properly informed of the risks. The study continued despite objections from members of the Center’s Internal Review Board. 84 of the 85 participants in the study died.
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