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Frank Macfarlane Burnet

* 1899 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
+ 1985 Melbourne, Australia


   

Frank Macfarlane Burnet    

Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet,
was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology.
He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance
and he developed the theory of clonal selection.


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