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Peter Brian Medawar ( Petrópolis, 28 de febrero de 1915- Londres, 2 de octubre de 1987) fue un biólogo, zoólogo, inmunólogo, investigador, profesor, traductor, ensayista, crítico literario, divulgador científico y filósofo británico nacido en Brasil, 1 2 conocido por sus investigaciones sobre el rechazo inmunológico y el descubrimiento de la...
Sir Peter Brian Medawar OM CH CBE FRS (/ ˈ m ɛ d ə w ər /; 28 February 1915 – 2 October 1987) was a British biologist and writer, whose works on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance have been fundamental to the medical practice of tissue and organ transplants.
Zoólogo, médico e inmunólogo británico, nacido en Brasil. Premio Nobel por el descubrimiento de la tolerancia inmunológica adquirida. Autor de obras de divulgación científica y de reflexión sobre la ciencia.
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 Peter B. Medawar was a Brazilian-born British zoologist who received, with Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for developing and proving the theory of acquired immunological tolerance, a model that paved the way for successful organ and tissue.
Peter Brian Medawar. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960. Born: 28 February 1915, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died: 2 October 1987, London, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University College, London, United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance” Prize share: 1/2. Work.
During his final years in the laboratory, Medawar turned his attention to cancer research, focusing primarily on immunopotentiation as a means of stopping tumor growth. Medawar also established himself as a remarkably articulate and witty science writer.
