Nobel winner – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:36:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Albanian-American Nobel laureate Ferid Murad passes away at 86 https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/09/06/albanian-american-nobel-laureate-ferid-murad-passes-away-at-86/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/09/06/albanian-american-nobel-laureate-ferid-murad-passes-away-at-86/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:36:48 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=214363 TIRANA, Sept 6 /ATA/ – Ferid Murad, an Albanian-American pharmacologist and physician and a Nobel Prize-winning scientist has died at age of 86.

Murad was born in Whiting, Indiana, in 1936. His father Xhabir Murad Ejupi was an Albanian immigrant from Gostivar in present-day North Macedonia who later changed his name to John Murad.

He studied at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he graduated in 1958, and earned his Doctor of Science degree at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

He later worked at the University of Virginia until 1981 before moving to Stanford University.

In the early 1970s, Ferid Murad began his research on the role of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular system and discovered that it plays a crucial role in relaxing blood vessels and improving blood circulation.

This discovery led to the development of new drugs for the treatment of heart and other cardiovascular diseases, earning him the Nobel Prize in 1998.

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