Peter Medawar's work laid the foundation for what modern medical practice?
Blood transfusion
Organ transplantation
Chemotherapy
Radiology
Answer
Peter Medawar's work laid the foundation for modern organ transplantation. His research demonstrated that the immune system would reject a transplanted organ unless it was matched with the recipient's immune system. This led to the development of techniques for matching donors and recipients and for suppressing the immune system so that it would not reject the transplanted organ.
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Who referred to Medawar as "the wittiest of all scientific writers"?
Where did Peter Medawar develop the principle of acquired immunological tolerance?
Who was Medawar's doctoral student?
What personal health struggle did Medawar experience?
For what discovery did Medawar share the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
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