1960
Peter 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…
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Peter Medawar – Nobel diploma
Nobel diploma
Artist: Bertha Svensson-Piehl Courtesy: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
moreAlbert Lutuli – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
Albert Lutuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1961 Your Majesty, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, here present! On an occasion like this words fail one. This is the most important occasion not only in my life, but in that of my dear wife,…
moreSir Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet’s Address to the University Students on the Evening of December 10, 1960 Students! On behalf of my fellow laureates may I thank you most warmly for your tribute and good wishes. For all of us this is probably the greatest day of our lives – and for myself it has a…
moreSir Frank Macfarlane Burnet – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture