Medawar Peter Brian
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Medawar
(mĕd′ə-wər), Sir Peter Brian 1915-1987. Brazilian-born British biologist. He shared a 1960 Nobel Prize for his work on acquired immune tolerance, a state of suppressed immunity required for organ transplantation.
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