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Frank Macfarlane Burnet (3 de septiembre de 1899 – 31 de agosto de 1985) fue un biólogo australiano. Fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Medicina en 1960, junto con Peter Brian Medawar, por el descubrimiento de la tolerancia a tejidos trasplantados.
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"
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet OM AK KBE FRS FAA FRSNZ (3 September 1899 – 31 August 1985), usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology.
Premio Nobel de Medicina y Fisiología en 1960. Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet. Fue un biólogo australiano. Galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Medicina en 1960, junto con Peter Medawar, por el descubrimiento de la tolerancia a tejidos trasplantados.
A biographical memoir of the eminent Australian biologist and immunologist, who made major discoveries in bacteriophages, influenza virus, tolerance and antibody production. Learn about his early life, university education, scientific career, public policy and honours and awards.
Sir Macfarlane Burnet was an Australian physician, immunologist, and virologist who, with Sir Peter Medawar, was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance, the concept on which tissue transplantation is founded.
Significantly, Burnet's theory set the scene for modern cellular immunology research, and his paper should be considered a seminal landmark in the history of immunology.
