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William P. Murphy

American scientist (1892-1987) · United States · Doctors · Died at 95

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He cracked the code on a blood disease that had been a death sentence - and the answer was hiding in the liver.

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Awards

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine1934
Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh

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Child: William P. Murphy Jr.

About this person

William Parry Murphy was born February 6, 1892. An American physician, he worked alongside George Richards Minot and George Hoyt Whipple to devise a treatment for macrocytic anemia, particularly its pernicious form - a condition that had long eluded cure. Their combined research led to a breakthrough that turned fatal diagnosis into manageable illness. In 1934, the three shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the work. Murphy died October 9, 1987.

Country
United States
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1987 · aged 95

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