Germs, hosts, and the origin of Frank Macfarlane Burnet's concept of "Self " and "Tolerance," 1936-1949

• Main Author: Park, Hyung Wook
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96965; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9944
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...