Dottie Thomas | |
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Born | Dorothy Martin September 18, 1922 San Antonio, Texas, United States |
Died | January 9, 2015 Seattle, Washington, United States | (aged 92)
Known for | Transplantation |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine |
Institutions | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Dorothy "Dottie" Thomas (née Martin) (San Antonio, Texas, September 18, 1922 – Seattle, January 9, 2015) was an American hematology researcher and administrator known for her work in developing bone marrow transplants. She and her husband, Edward Donnall Thomas, partnered to research leukemia and other blood disorders, and developed the technique for transplanting bone marrow.[1][2] Her husband was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 due to his discoveries about cell and organ transplantation in the treatment of human diseases that he had completed along with Dorothy. This Nobel Prize was shared with Joseph Edward Murray, an American plastic surgeon.[3]