5 Most Important Medical Discoveries in History

4. Development of Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplants

Year of Medical Discovery: 1990

Nobel Prize Winner: Joseph Murray and Edward Donnall Thomas 

Joseph Murray and Edward Donnall Thomas came up with a major development of kidney and bone marrow transplants. In 1990, Murray and Thomas got the Nobel Prize for their work regarding organ and cell transplantation. The development of kidney and bone marrow transplants is one of the most important medical discoveries in history.