A pharmacologist, Ferid Murad earned a share in a Nobel Prize in 1998 for his research into the effects of nitric oxide on the heart and blood vessels, which enabled widespread advancements in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and erectile dysfunction.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1998 was awarded jointly to Robert F. Furchgott, Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad "for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system"
An American pharmacologist, he delved into the effects of nitric oxide, work that led to advances in treating heart disease, hypertension and erectile dysfunction.