Robert A. Good
Robert Good | |
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Dr. Robert A. Good (right) at the White House in 1973 with (left to right) Benno Schmidt, President Richard Nixon, and Dr. R. L. Clark (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center). The occasion was the Conquest of Cancer Program, part of the War on Cancer. | |
| Born | May 21, 1922 |
| Died | June 13, 2003 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota (M.D., Ph.D, 1947) |
| Known for | Performed the first successful human bone marrow transplant |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Cornell University Medical College University of Oklahoma All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg University of South Florida |
Robert Alan Good NAM, NAS, AAAS (May 21, 1922 – June 13, 2003) was an American physician who performed the first successful human bone marrow transplant between persons who were not identical twins. He is regarded as a founder of modern immunology.