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Peter Medawar
Biologist

Peter Medawar

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Establishing acquired immune tolerance in transplantation research.

Immune tolerance · Medical research

Born
28 February 1915
Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
2 October 1987

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Peter Medawar

Peter Medawar was a biologist whose experiments helped explain how the immune system responds to transplanted tissue.

Early life

Oxford

Studied zoology at Magdalen College after attending Marlborough.

Career

  1. Research career

    University laboratories

    Worked at Oxford, Birmingham and University College London.

  2. 1960

    Nobel Prize

    Shared the medicine prize with Macfarlane Burnet.

Contributions

Immune tolerance

Worked with Leslie Brent and Rupert Billingham to demonstrate acquired tolerance.

Medical research

Directed the National Institute for Medical Research.

Beyond work

Writing

Also became known for lucid and witty writing about science.

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