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How many Nobel Prizes did Burnet win over the course of his career?
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Burnet won one Nobel Prize in his career. He shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Peter Brian Medawar for their discoveries on acquired immunity. Their work helped to explain how the body can distinguish between its own cells and foreign cells, and how it can produce antibodies to fight infection.
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