What they are saying: Reaction to Thomas Starzl's death

"Dr. Starzl performed the world’s first liver transplant in 1963 and the first successful liver transplant in 1967, both while at the University of Colorado. Despite prevailing worldwide pessimism regarding the ability to transplant allogenic (non-identical) human kidneys, he successfully combined azathioprine and corticosteroids in allogenic kidney transplants performed in 1962 and 1963, leading to the largest series of kidney transplants and invigorating clinical attempts throughout the