Burnet

Burnet definition - medical

Bur·net (bər-nĕtˈ, bûrˈnĭt), Sir (Frank) Macfarlane 1899-1985.

Australian virologist. He shared a 1960 Nobel Prize for his work on acquired immunological tolerance.

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