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Which of the following scientists performed the first successful organ transplants by using immunosuppressive agents?
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Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas
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Barre-Sinoussi and Montagnier discovered human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas performed the first successful organ transplants by using immunosuppressive agents.
Agre and MacKirron discovered water and ion channels in plasma membranes.
Fire and Mello discovered RNA interference (RNAi), or gene silencing, by double-stranded RNA.