In the winter of 2004, Brigham and Women's Hospital honored the fifthieth anniversary of the first successful kidney transplant by Dr. Joseph Murray. This issue of Brigham and Women's magazine celebrates this remarkable achievement. This issue also explores how BWH physicians are finding ways to understand and treat hypochondria, and breakthroughs in islet cell transplantation. And read about Michele and Howard Kessler's gift to help build the technologically advanced Kessler Cancer Suite at BWH.
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