The slow rejection of the foreign skin grafts fascinated me. How could the host distinguish another person's skin from his own? — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
I was performing skin grafts and became interested in why skin wouldn't graft permanently. — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. But it isn't a given, and even if it were, I don't think the end… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
If you're going to worry about what people say, you're never going to make any progress. — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
Animal experimentation has been essential to the development of all cardiac surgery, transplantation surgery, joint replacements and all vaccinations. — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
It is probably no exaggeration to suppose that in order to improve such an organ as the eye at all, it must be improved… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
Blanket objection is not very reasonable to me - any effort to control scientific advances is doomed to fail. — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
The slow rejection of the foreign skin grafts fascinated me. How could the host distinguish another person's skin from his own? — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
Is the Church inimical to science? Growing up as a Catholic and a scientist - I don't see it. One truth is revealed truth,… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it right." What… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements. The order in… — Joseph Murray Copy Share Image
