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Sir Peter Brian Medawar

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Noun

1. medawar, peter medawar, sir peter brian medawar

British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987)

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Sir Peter Brian Medawar

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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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