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Ferid Murad Obituary
Ferid Murad was a doctor and pharmacologist who won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research into how nitric oxide treats heart disease.
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Harald Schmidt
February 22, 2024
What better photo could one show than Ferid amongst all his peers, who so much benefited from his ground-breaking research? Here at the 2007 cGMP meeting, soon after which we started the biannual Ferid Murad lecture. Personally, Ferid introduced me to the highest level of biomedical research, taught me how to write papers, and challenged me to use the best possible science to address the most relevant question, but still left a lot of freedom in where to go. I loved the weekly lab rounds, "What's new...?" and then getting grilled because one had forgotten a vital control experiment but was also stimulated to go further. Ferid was one of my heroes. Thank you for everything.
Dennis Stuehr
February 21, 2024
I knew Fred through our mutual research interest in nitric oxide, the molecule for which he shared the Nobel prize. Over the decades we got to know each other pretty well, and I have many fond memories of enjoying time with Fred and his wife Carol while attending meetings in exotic places around the world. Fred was always very generous and kind to me and other "young Turks" in the nitric oxide field. At meetings he was always at the sessions and loved giving advice, you could count on his asking for the mic after almost every presentation. It was a great example. We also had a common past, having both lived in Cleveland (Fred's MD-PhD site), and a working class background, which made me feel a special bond with Fred besides the science. I attach a pic of us young Turks with Fred that was taken at a NATO science meeting he organized in Erice, Italy. Fred was one of a kind, we will miss him dearly.
Richard n Greenberg
October 20, 2023
I have his picture in my office as he was always an inspiration to continue my research. He invited me to present my work at a confernece in Brazil; we saw iguazú falls and there he showed me that not only was he a genius but he had a sensitive human side. He will always be one of my heros.
Rick Greenberg MD
University of Kentucky
Claudia Ferreira
September 27, 2023
I had the chance to work in one of his labs at UT. He was unforgetable, a true leader and an exelent mentor! RIP Ferid
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Mr Jr.
September 13, 2023
My condolences.
JF
September 13, 2023
God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Elizabeth Bell
September 12, 2023
R.I.P. Ferid
Chris
September 12, 2023
I offer my sincere condolences to the family of Ferid Mia´s. May our Lord give you comfort and peace as you mourn his loss.
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