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Medawar was awarded his Nobel Prize in 1960 with Burnet for their work in tissue grafting which is the basis of organ transplants, and their discovery of acquired immunological tolerance. This work was used in dealing with skin grafts required after burns .
Sir Peter B. Medawar 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 successful organ and tissue.
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This generous gesture from Professor Howard Florey who allocated the room turned out to be far-sighted: while at Oxford, Peter Medawar made the first discoveries that ultimately led to him winning the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1960.
Nobel Prize in Science. 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 ...
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960 was awarded jointly to Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Peter Brian Medawar "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance"
Mar 7, 2020 · Sir Peter Medawar shared the 1960 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology with Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Medawar’s work was deemed to have verified Burnet’s earlier theories and had great significance for future organ transplantation. Medawar was born in Brazil in 1915 to a British mother and Lebanese father.
