Germs, hosts, and the origin of Frank Macfarlane Burnet's concept of "Self " and "Tolerance," 1936-1949
In the early twentieth century, the living organism’s ability to distinguish its “self” from foreign entities such as bacteria, viruses, transplanted tissue, or transfused blood was a major problem in medical science. This article discusses how the Australian immunologist Frank Macfarlane Burnet arr...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96965 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9944 |