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“Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. But it isn't a given, and even if it were, I don't think the end justifies the means. I am not against stem cells, I think it's great. Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me-any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. You cannot stop the human mind from working.”

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Joseph Murray
Joseph Murray

Joseph Murray was an American surgeon renowned for his pioneering work in organ transplantation. In 1954, he and his colleague Donald Thomas successfully performed the world's first kidney transplant, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960. more

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