Borrowing life How scientists, surgeons, and a war hero made the first successful organ transplant a reality
Book - 2020
"Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts; 1954. Nobel Prize-winning surgeon Joseph Murray and his team do the impossible. They transplant a donated kidney from Ronald Herrick to his twin brother, Richard, rescuing him from acute renal failure. This first successful organ transplant was the summit of a long hard climb by a group of scientists and surgeons across the globe. Borrowing Life profiles these giants of science and reveals the intimate, fascinating story of their decades...-long struggle to save lives." --Publisher.
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- Published
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Watertown, MA :
Charlesbridge
[2020]
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 279 pages, 8 unnumbered plates illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781623545390
- Main Author
