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Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
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Macfarlane Burnet
Australian virologist (1899–1985)
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance. He also developed the theory of clonal selection.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
One of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's 1895 will, are…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)