#American #surgeon, a pioneer of #modern #immunology who performed the world's first successful h…
#American #surgeon, a pioneer of #modern #immunology who performed the world's first successful human #bonemarrow #transplant (1968) from his sister to a 4-month-old baby boy with an inherited immune disorder.
From age 6, Good wished to become a doctor because his father died of #cancer. While a junior undergraduate he suffered but recovered from a #poliolike disease.
He identified the #thymus and the #tonsils as crucial organs of the #immunesystem in #humans.
He helped establish that problems with the body's immune response were more common than had been thought and were actually a frequent basis of serious diseases.
His research also led to the identification of #T-cells and #B-cells. In 1987 he helped establish the #NationalBoneMarrowRegistry.
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