"I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently."

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Source: Nobel winner famous for first successful kidney transplant Murray dies in Boston, www.foxnews.com. November 26, 2012.

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Joseph Murray

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Joseph Murray was a prominent thinker known for his exploration of freedom and control in human life, particularly through his impactful writings.

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"Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patients renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration that organ transplantation could be life-saving."

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"One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it right." What he meant was, you have to plan every operation You cannot ever be casual You have to realize that any operation is a potential fatality."

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"Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is revealed truth, the other is scientific truth. If you really believe that creation is good, there can be no harm in studying science. The more we learn about creation - the way it emerged - it just adds to the glory of God. Personally, I've never seen a conflict."

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