Father of bone marrow transplant is dead at 92

Published October 21, 2012 12:11am ET



E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and later won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, has died in Seattle at age 92.

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the death Saturday. A spokesman said the cause was heart disease.

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