Nobel winner and organ transplant pioneer Joseph Murray dies at 93

- PHOTO TAKEN 08OCT1990 - Nobel Prize winner Joseph Murray, 71, smiles after learning that he had re..(Reuters) – Dr. Joseph Murray, the surgeon who carried out the first successful kidney transplant and later won a Nobel Prize for his work in medicine and physiology, died on Monday in Boston at the age of 93. Murray died after suffering a stroke last Thursday, Brigham and Women's Hospital spokesman Tom Langford said. Murray and his team completed the first human organ transplant in 1954, taking a kidney from one identical twin and giving it to his twin brother, opening a new field in medicine, the hospital said. "The world is a better place because of all Dr. Murray has given. …

FDA suspends peanut butter plant linked to salmonella outbreak

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspended operations on Monday at a New Mexico food producer linked to salmonella-tainted peanut butter that has sickened at least 41 people this year, the agency said in a statement. The FDA said it had suspended Sunland Inc’s food facility registration “in the interest of public health,” following the national outbreak and a history of food safety violations reaching back over three years. “The fact that peanut butter made by the company has been linked to an outbreak … …

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