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Ferid Murad was an American physician and pharmacologist, His research demonstrated that nitroglycerin relaxes smooth muscle by releasing nitric oxide into the body. This work led to him sharing the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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science · American physician and pharmacologist (1936–2023) · physician · biologist · pharmacologist · university teacher · also Ferid Murad, Murad
Born 14 September 1936 · Died 4 September 2023 · Q295999
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Died 2023-09-04.
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Published “Baveno VII – Renewing consensus in portal hypertension” in Journal of Hepatology — cited 2,593 times.
Published “PRISMA-S: an extension to the PRISMA Statement for Reporting Literature Searches in Systematic Reviews” in Systematic Reviews — cited 2,710 times.
Published “Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes” in Nature — cited 2,438 times.
Published “The Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines on the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm” in Journal of Vascular Surgery — cited 2,480 times.
Published “Methodological quality and synthesis of case series and case reports” in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine — cited 1,931 times.
Published “AASLD guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma” in Hepatology — cited 3,443 times.
Published “Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society* Clinical Practice Guideline” in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism — cited 2,003 times.
Published “The Management of Primary Aldosteronism: Case Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline” in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism — cited 2,569 times.
Murad signed the Mainau Declaration 2015 on Climate Change on the final day of the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
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Published “Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline” in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism — cited 2,420 times.
Published “Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline” in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism — cited 8,348 times.
Published “GRADE guidelines 6. Rating the quality of evidence—imprecision” in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology — cited 2,264 times.
Murad and Furchgott received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998).
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Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1996).
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For a position at Abbott Laboratories, where he served as a Vice President of Pharmaceutical Discovery until founding his own biotechnology company, the Molecular Geriatrics Corporation, in 1993
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Was the American Heart Association, Ciba Award Recipient
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Where he was Chief of Medicine at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center (1981–86), Associate Chairman, Dept
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Before becoming a full professor in 1975
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Studied at Case Western Reserve University, Doctor of Philosophy (1965).
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Studied at DePauw University, Bachelor of Science (1958).
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Clinical pharmacology was not yet a discipline in medicine)
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Born 1936-09-14.
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Aged 17, to marry his father, who was 39 and Muslim
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