1960
Peter Medawar – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Peter Medawar’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1960 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: There are really no words adequate to this magnificent and moving occasion – or no words that come easily to someone who has been suddenly transported from an ivory tower to a golden…
morePeter Medawar – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1960 Immunological Tolerance “Immunological tolerance” may be described as a state of indifference or non-reactivity towards a substance that would normally be expected to excite an immunological response. The term first came to be used in the context of tissue transplantation immunity, i.e. of the form of immunity that usually prohibits…
morePeter Medawar – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Bertha Svensson-Piehl Courtesy: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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