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Ferid Murad

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Ferid Murad

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American physician and pharmacologist (1936–2023)

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Ferid Murad (1936–2023) was a male author from Bangladesh. He is recognized as a Nobel Laureate in Medicine. His published works include *Herbal Medicine : Back to the Future*, *Infectious Diseases*, *Cancer Therapy*, and *Vascular Health*. Murad had five children.

He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Nobel Medicine collection. His bibliography includes forty-five works, with five listed in Crossref records.

Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1936
Died
2023
Works
45

Top works

  • Herbal Medicine : Back to the Future
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Vascular Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Bangladesh

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Key facts

Born
( 1936-09-14 ) September 14, 1936, Whiting, Indiana , U.S.
Died
September 4, 2023 (2023-09-04) (aged 86), Menlo Park, California , U.S.
Education
DePauw University ( BS ), Case Western Reserve University ( MD , PhD )
Known for
Discoveries concerning cyclic GMP as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system
Spouse
Carol A. Leopold
Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998) and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1996)
Fields
Biochemistry , Pharmacology
Institutions
University of Virginia (1970–81), Stanford University (1981–88), Northwestern University (1988–1998), Abbott Laboratories (1988–93), McGovern Medical School (1997–2011), George Washington University (2011–2017), Palo Alto VA Medical Center (2017–2023)
Doctoral advisor
Earl Sutherland, Jr. and Theodore Rall

via Wikipedia infobox

Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1998

    for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system

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Encyclopedic overview

Ferid Murad (September 14, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American physician and pharmacologist, His research demonstrated that nitroglycerin relaxes smooth muscle by releasing nitric oxide into the body. This work led to him sharing the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Early life

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