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Peter Medawar blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Peter Medawar won a Nobel Prize for his work on graft rejection and acquired immune tolerance in 1960 Recorded plaque organisation: University of Birmingham.
Sir Peter Medawar was a British immunologist who significantly advanced the field of transplantation by discovering how the body rejects skin grafts and develops immune tolerance, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1960.

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