Joseph Murray

Timeline:  April 1, 1919 – November 26, 2012 Place of study:  Harvard Medical School, USA Famous for:  Performing the first successful human kidney transplant Performing the world’s first successful allograft  Performing the world’s first cadaveric renal transplant Awards:  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1990) American Surgical Association’s Medal for Distinguished Service to Surgery American […]

Alexander Fleming

Timeline:  6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955 Place of study:  St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, Paddington Famous for:  Discovery of the world’s first broadly effective antibiotic substance, benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) Discovery of the enzyme, lysozyme Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society (1943) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1945) Nobel Prize […]