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Peter Medawar

Profile picture of Sir Peter Medawar (1915–1987)

Sir Peter Medawar (1915–1987) was a highly influential scientist who, along with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for their discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.

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