Burnet Macfarlane

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 (bər-nĕt′, bûr′nĭt), Sir (Frank) Macfarlane 1899-1985.
Australian virologist. He shared a 1960 Nobel Prize for work on acquired immune tolerance, a state of suppressed immunity necessary for organ transplantation.
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