Peter Brian Medawar

Peter Brian Medawar

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1960

University College London

“for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance”

Peter Brian Medawar was a Brazilian-born British biologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960 for the discovery of acquired immunological tolerance.

Field
Medicine · Immunology
Lifespan
1915–1987