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Ferid Murad
American physician and pharmacologist (1936–2023)
Ferid Murad | |
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Murad at a lecture in 2008 | |
| Born | (1936-09-14)September 14, 1936 Whiting, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 2023(2023-09-04) (aged 86) Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Education | DePauw University (BS) Case Western Reserve University (MD, PhD) |
| Known for | Discoveries concerning cyclic GMP as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system |
| Spouse | Carol A.
Leopold |
| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998) and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Pharmacology |
| Institutions | University of Virginia (1970–81), Stanford University (1981–88), Northwestern University (1988–1998), Abbott Laboratories (1988–93), McGovern Medical School (1997–2011), George Washington University (2011–2017), Palo Alto VA Medical Center (2017–2023) |
| Doctoral advisor | Earl Sutherland, Jr.
and Theodore R 
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