BURNET, SIR FRANK MACFARLANE


Meaning of BURNET, SIR FRANK MACFARLANE in English

born Sept. 3, 1899, Traralgon, Vic., Austl.

died Aug. 31, 1985, Melbourne, Vic.

Australian physician and virologist.

Burnet received his medical degree from the University of Melbourne. He later discovered a method for identifying bacteria by the viruses (bacteriophages) that attack them, and he shared a 1960 Nobel Prize with Peter Medawar for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance to tissue transplants. He was knighted in 1951.

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