Strange But True: Clintonian helped develop popular health plan
Terrance Ingano
Dr. Morton Madoff was born and raised in Clinton. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Madoff of 234 Chestnut St. His family consisted of two brothers Irving and Henry who both became surgeons, and a sister (Sarabelle), who became a bacteriologist.
In the mid-1960s, Morton Madoff made national headlines for being directly involved in the first transplant of a kidney from a corpse to a living body. He and a colleague created a serum to suppress the rejection of that organ.
Morton graduated from Clinton High School in 1945. Musically talented, he played the sax and clarinet in various orchestras in the Clinton area. He entered the Navy and later graduated from Tulane University’s School of Medicine. He moved back to Massachusetts to complete his residency at Tufts Medical Center, where he served for many years.
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David Kaplan, the Stern Family Professor of Engineering, a Distinguished Professor, and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering in recognition of his contributions to silk-based materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Election to the National Academies is one of the foremost professional recognitions available to engineers, scientists, and medical experts. On behalf of my past and current students and colleagues here at Tufts, it is an honor to be recognized by the National Academy of Engineering, said Kaplan.
Kaplan s lab is leading efforts in applying tissue engineering to cellular agriculture (i.e. cell grown meat), the development of 3D brain-like environments in the lab to study neurological diseases and treatments, and the regeneration of tissues, organs and limbs. He is also pioneering methods to manufacture biocompatible medical devices from silk.
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