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Sir Peter Brian Medawar OM CH CBE FRS (/ ˈ m ɛ d ə w ər /; 28 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a British biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants.
Sir Peter B. Medawar (born Feb. 28, 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—died Oct. 2, 1987, London, Eng.) was a Brazilian-born British zoologist who received, with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for developing and proving the theory of acquired immunological tolerance, a model that paved the way for ...
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Peter Medawar was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Sir Macfarlane Burnet (AAI '61) for their "discovery of acquired immunological tolerance." Medawar provided experimental evidence that confirmed Burnet's theory of immunological tolerance, which hypothesized that the concept of "self" was defined by the immune ...
Learn how Peter Medawar, a zoology graduate and a former student of Howard Florey, made the first discoveries that led to his Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1960. His research on tissue transplantation and immune system opened the door to organ transplantation and won him acclaim as a science communicator.
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May 18, 2018 · Sir Peter Medawar is best remembered for developing the theory of acquired immunological tolerance, thus laying the foundation for successful organ and tissue transplantation. For this work he received, along with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1960.
Feb 28, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Peter Medawar, the British biologist who discovered acquired immunological tolerance and pioneered organ transplantation. Find out how he challenged the scientific establishment with his creative and hypothetico-deductive approach to science.
