• Clonal Deletion theory , proposed by Burnet , according to which self-reactive lymphoid cells are destroyed during the development of the immune system in an individual. (wikidoc.org)
  • Pioneers Frank Burnet and Pete MedMedawar were awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for proposing their research into acquired immunological tolerance. (news-medical.net)
  • Depuis 70 ans en effet, la théorie dominante en la matière, formulée par Burnet (Prix Nobel de physiologie et de médecine en 1960), veut que notre système immunitaire défende l'organisme contre les différents types d'agression externe en distinguant, au niveau moléculaire, les éléments biologiques qui relèvent du soi (les cellules et tissus de l'organisme) et ceux qui relèvent du non-soi, comme par exemple les virus et les bactéries. (rtflash.fr)
  • Research conducted by Noel Rose and Witebsky in New York and Roitt and Doniach at University College London showed that diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and thyrotoxicosis were linked to an inadequate immune tolerance and these conditions were caused by the body's inability to fight "non-self" substances while also being able to ignore "self" substances. (news-medical.net)
  • Pioneering work by Noel Rose and Witebsky in New York, and Roitt and Doniach at University College London provided clear evidence that autoimmune diseases are a result of loss of tolerance. (wikidoc.org)
  • John Burnet was born and raised in Fisherrow in Musselburgh, a village just outside Edinburgh. (nationalgalleries.org)
  • In the autumn of 1913, an open competition was announced for the building of the Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, to be judged by the renowned Scottish architect John James Burnet. (iarc.ie)
  • Sexton's book is a well-constructed biogra- phy of the life of Sir Macfarlane Burnet start- ing with the immigration of his father, Frank Burnet, to Australia in 1880 and ending with Burnet's death in 1986. (nih.gov)
  • His father George Burnet was the surveyor-general of excise for Scotland. (nationalgalleries.org)
  • Burnet showed a strain of toughness that persevered throughout his life. (nih.gov)
  • Noel Burnet (4 March 1904 - 24 June 1953) was an Australian environmentalist and founder of the Koala Park Sanctuary, a privately owned and run wildlife park located at West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia. (wikipedia.org)