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Macfarlane Burnet's Degrees

Bachelors Medicine University of Melbourne
Doctorate Medicine University of Melbourne

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According to Wikipedia, Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet , usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist known for his contributions to immunology. He won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance and he developed the theory of clonal selection.

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The clonal selection theory of acquired immunity (1959) (1778)
The concept of immunological surveillance. (1970) (1601)
A modification of jerne's theory of antibody production using the concept of clonal selection (1976) (773)
Cancer—A Biological Approach (1957) (669)
Cancer—A Biological Approach* (1957) (505)
The production of antibodies (1949) (449)
Immunological Surveillance in Neoplasia (1971) (322)
“Self-recognition” in Colonial Marine Forms and Flowering Plants in relation to the Evolution of Immunity (1971) (286)
Measles as an index of immunological function. (1968) (254)
IMMUNOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE PROCESS OF CARCINOGENESIS. (1964) (242)
Immunological aspects of malignant disease. (1967) (238)
Structure of influenza virus. (1956) (195)
Immunological recognition of self. (1961) (166)
Role of the Thymus and Related Organs in Immunity* (1962) (166)
Natural history of infectious disease (1953) (155)
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (1957) (155)
Principles of animal virology. (1955) (132)
HERPES SIMPLEX: A NEW POINT OF VIEW (1939) (123)
CHAPTER VIII – IMMUNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE (1970) (122)
Evolution of the Immune Process in Vertebrates (1968) (121)
A Certain Symmetry : Histocompatibility Antigens compared with Immunocyte Receptors (1970) (103)
An immunological approach to ageing. (1970) (101)
Auto-immune Disease (1959) (99)
The new approach to immunology. (1961) (99)
Auto-immune Disease (1959) (90)
Somatic Mutation and Chronic Disease* (1965) (86)
Influenza. A Survey of the Last 50 Years in the Light of Modern Work on the Virus of Epidemic Influenza. (1942) (70)
Virus As Organism (1945) (70)
Genetics and immunology (1948) (69)
Genetic Investigations of Autoimmune Disease in Mice (1965) (63)
The probable relationship of some or all mast cells to the T-cell system. (1977) (58)
The Impact on Ideas of Immunology (1967) (58)
Medical Research Council. The Use of the Developing Egg in Virus Research (1937) (56)
Multiple Polymorphism in Relation to Histocompatibility Antigens (1973) (54)
A reassessment of the forbidden clone hypothesis of autoimmune disease. (1972) (53)
The Production of Antibodies. Monograph of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. (1949) (48)
Autoimmune Diseases: Pathogenesis, Chemistry and Therapy (1963) (47)
The clonal selection theory of acquired immunity : the Abraham Flexner lectures of Vanderbilt University (1959) (40)
A Darwinian Approach to Immunity (1964) (37)
Leukemia as a problem in preventive medicine. (1958) (36)
Enzyme Antigen and Virus (1956) (34)
OBSERVATIONS ON A PERMANENTLY LYSOGENIC STRAIN OF B. ENTERITIDIS GAERTNER (1929) (33)
[Murray Valley encephalitis]. (1952) (33)
The pattern of disease in childhood. (1952) (33)
Immunological specificity. (1962) (32)
A genetic interpretation of ageing. (1973) (32)
The immunological significance of the thymus: an extension of the clonal selection theory of immunity. (1962) (30)
The Integrity of the Body: A Discussion of Modern Immunological Ideas (1962) (27)
The mechanism of immunity. (1961) (25)
Immunological Recognition of Self (1991) (25)
Virus as Organism. Evolutionary and Ecological Aspects of some Human Virus Diseases. (1945) (25)
Graft Versus Host Reactions on the Chorioallantoic Membrane of the Chick Embryo (1960) (24)
THYMIC ABNORMALITY IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. (1964) (24)
Autoimmune Disease — Experimental and Clinical (1962) (22)
The Epidemiology of Poliomyelitis, with Special Reference to the Victorian Epidemic of 1937-38. (1940) (22)
Theories of Immunity (1962) (22)
The Production of Antibodies. A Review and a Theoretical Discussion. (1941) (22)
A modern basis for pathology. (1968) (22)
INFLUENZA — THE DISEASE (1973) (21)
Invertebrate Precursors to Immune Responses (1974) (21)
Transfer factor--a theoretical discussion. (1974) (20)
7. The Clonal-Selection Theory of Immunity (1962) (19)
A Possible Genetic Basis for Specific Pattern in Antibody (1966) (19)
The Nobel Lectures in Immunology. The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1960. Immunologic recognition of self. (1991) (19)
EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF AUTO-ANTIBODIES OR OF AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE. (1963) (18)
PROPAGATION OF THE VIRUS OF EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA ON THE DEVELOPING EGG (1935) (17)
Portraits of viruses: influenza virus A. (1979) (17)
Infectious diseases; viral and rickettsial diseases. (1951) (17)
Possible identification of mast cells as specialised post-mitotic cells. (1975) (16)
The Rickettsial Diseases In Australia. (1942) (16)
Genetics of Virulence in Influenza Viruses (1954) (16)
Croonian Lecture - The interaction of virus and cell surface (1951) (16)
Immunology, aging, and cancer: Medical aspects of mutation and selection (1976) (16)
The natural history of tuberculosis. (1948) (16)
Self and not-self;: Cellular immunology, book one (1969) (15)
Inapparent Virus Infections (1936) (14)
Implications of immunological surveillance for cancer therapy. (1971) (14)
Genetic Interaction Between Influenza Viruses (1953) (14)
Recurrent Kaposi's varicelliform eruption in an adult. (1951) (14)
The Evolution of Receptors and Recognition in the Immune System (1976) (13)
Qualitative differences in the immune response. (1956) (13)
BALANCED SALT ACTION AS MANIFESTED IN BACTERIOPHAGE PHENOMENA (1930) (12)
Enzyme antigen and virus; a study of macromolecular pattern in action (1956) (12)
Recent Work on Staphylococcal Toxins, with Special Reference to the Interpretation of the Bundaberg Fatalities. (1930) (11)
THE EVOLUTION OF BODILY DEFENCE (1963) (11)
Auto-immune disease: some general principles. (1961) (11)
DERRICK AND THE STORY OF Q FEVER (1967) (10)
Implications of cancer immunity. (1973) (10)
The Problems of Virology. (1951) (10)
Cellular Immunology, Vols. 1 & 2 (1969) (10)
The Newer Approach to Immunity in Its Bearing on Medicine and Biology* (1954) (10)
The future of medical research. (1953) (9)
The New Zealand mice (1972) (9)
THE SEARCH FOR IMMUNOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN “Q” FEVER AND OTHER RICKETTSIOSES (1939) (9)
Virulence in animal viruses. (1954) (9)
MORPHOGENESIS AND CANCER (1977) (9)
Haemagglutination by mumps virus; relationship to Newcastle disease and influenza viruses. (1945) (8)
Endurance of life: The implications of genetics for human life (1978) (8)
Epidemic respiratory infection in a rural population with special reference to the influenza A epidemics of 1933, 1936–7 and 1943–4 (1947) (8)
Some biological implications of studies on influenza viruses. (1951) (7)
THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS (1952) (7)
The basis of allergic disease. (1948) (7)
The New Outlook (1971) (6)
MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: IMPRESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN VISIT (1944) (6)
Aging and immunological surveillance. (1973) (6)
Cellular Aspects of Immunology as Manifested in the Simonsen Reaction (1961) (6)
Auto-Immunity and Auto-Immune Disease: A survey for physician or biologist (1972) (6)
MORPHOGENESIS AND CANCER (1977) (6)
Recent work on the intrinsic qualities of influenza virus; somatic and genetic aspects. (1953) (6)
Poliomyelitis in the light of recent experimental work. (1945) (5)
Mathison Memorial Lectures VIROLOGY AS AN INDEPENDENT SCIENCE (1953) (5)
The Serologieal Response to Influenza Virus Infection during an Epidemic, with Particular Reference to Subelinical Infection. (1940) (5)
Virus and Rickettsial Classification and Nomenclature. (1953) (5)
DOMINANT MAMMAL; THE BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DESTINY (1970) (5)
The concept of autoimmunity. (1968) (4)
Enzymic action of influenza viruses on glandular mucin and on purified blood group substances. (1947) (4)
Haemolysis by Newcastle disease virus. (1949) (4)
Fifty Years On* (1964) (4)
An experimental model of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. (1963) (4)
Tolerance and paralysis (1972) (4)
The Interaction of Virus and Cell Surface. (1951) (3)
The evolution of cellular functions (1980) (3)
Antibody production in the light of recent genetic theory. (1946) (3)
Ecology of virus diseases. (1953) (3)
Immunology Readings from Scientific American (1976) (3)
The viruses. Biochemical, biological and biophysical properties. Vol. I. General virology. Vol. 3. Animal viruses. (1959) (3)
Selection theories of immunity (synopsis of lecture on the new immunology). (1961) (3)
Introduction to Genes (1971) (3)
Reflections on kuru. (1971) (3)
DIFFERENTIATION AND SOMATIC MUTATION (1970) (2)
Plant and bacterial viruses (1959) (2)
A STUDY OF HETEROLOGOUS ANTIBODIES IN THE SERUM OF POLIOMYELITIS PATIENTS (1939) (2)
Genetics of Micro-Organisms: Introduction (1962) (2)
Mathison Memorial Lectures VIROLOGY AS AN INDEPENDENT SCIENCE (1953) (2)
CHAPTER I – INTRODUCTORY CONSPECTUS (1970) (2)
Theories of delayed hypersensitivity. (1970) (2)
Intrinsic Mutagenesis: An Elementary Discussion at the Level of Molecular Biology (1974) (2)
THE SEEDS OF TIME: THE IMPACT OF MICROBIOLOGY ON HUMAN AFFAIRS SINCE LISTER'S DAY (1952) (2)
Lilly Lecture: The Thymus and Auto-immune Disease. (1963) (2)
Viruses and man (1955) (2)
Report on Agriculture in Malaya, for the year 1947. (1949) (2)
Charles Halliley Kellaway. (1953) (2)
THE ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOUR OF BACTERIOPHAGES (1930) (2)
Modern immunological theory (1972) (2)
Migration and race mixture from the genetic angle. (1959) (2)
Biological approach to carcinogenesis. (1959) (2)
The cellular basis of immunology. (1961) (2)
THE ROLE OF THE BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES IN MEDICINE: INTRODUCTION (1969) (2)
Action of iodine vapour on influenza virus in droplet suspension. (1945) (2)
Ageing: The Somatic Mutational Approach (1974) (2)
Implications of a Somatic Mutational Approach to Ageing for Gerontological Research (1977) (1)
The biology of ageing (1974) (1)
Book Reviews: The Viruses. Biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties. vol. 3, Animal Viruses (1960) (1)
The viruses: biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties. Volume 2. (1959) (1)
The first Sydney Rubbo memorial lecture 'the biology of ageing'. (1977) (1)
The relation of aging to immunity (1973) (1)
Concluding remarks (1956) (1)
BACTERIOPHAGE IN ITS CLINICAL, ASPECTS (1929) (1)
The bacteriophage and its behaviour (1927) (1)
Symposium on Bacterial and Viral Genetics (1957) (1)
The natural history of surgical infection. (1950) (1)
The biology of the cancer cell. (1958) (1)
FIFTY YEARS ON 1 (1964) (1)
Natural History of Surgical Infection (1950) (1)
The Activity of Stored Antipoliomyelitis Sera in Experimental Poliomyelitis. (1929) (1)
Discussion on Poliomyelitis following Inoculations (1950) (1)
Immunological Surveillance and Ageing (1971) (1)
The Population Problem (1939) (1)
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE (1962) (1)
Pharmacological aspects of immune responses (1972) (1)
Virus genetics. (1959) (1)
Recent Advances in the Study of Cancer Immunity (1972) (1)
Pathogenesis of auto-immune disease (1972) (1)
The new laboratory approach to poliomyelitis. (1952) (0)
The Viruses. Biochemical, Biological and Biophysical Properties. Vol. 2. Plant and Bacterial Viruses. (1959) (0)
ANTIGENIC QUALITIES OF NEOPLASTIC CELLS (1970) (0)
Lymphoreticular Malignancies and Their Relation to Herpesvirus Infections (1974) (0)
Social Implications of the Biological Approach to Ageing (1974) (0)
[General pathology of virus infections]. (1950) (0)
4. Immune Reactions Not Related to Antibody (1962) (0)
8. The Other Theories of Immunity (1962) (0)
9. The Nonmedical Applications of Immunology (1962) (0)
Diseases primarily involving blood cells (1972) (0)
That the delicate child shall take his proper place in society. (1967) (0)
The Two Imperatives (1974) (0)
Genetic engineering and the law. (1977) (0)
The relation between teaching and research in the universities. (1948) (0)
Book Reviews the Clonal Selection Theory of Acquired Immunity. by Sir Preventive Medicine: Principles of Prevention in Occurrence and Progression of Disease. Edited (0)
5. The Cellular Background (1962) (0)
Malignant Disease—2 (1974) (0)
The stochastic approach to disease (1972) (0)
Rheumatic fever. (1948) (0)
Normal and Pathological Ageing in the Post-Mitotic Cells of the Brain (1974) (0)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE IMMUNE PROCESS (1970) (0)
A biologist's approach to autoimmune disease. (1975) (0)
The Implications of Global Homeostasis. (1972) (0)
Mutator Genes and Other Leads from Bacterial Genetics (1974) (0)
Mutation in Evolution (1974) (0)
The nature of the virus-host cell interaction in influenza. (1948) (0)
Biological foundations and human nature (1983) (0)
The continuing conquest of disease. (1948) (0)
A programme for the future (1972) (0)
The March of Molecular Biology (1971) (0)
[The understanding of virus diseases]. (1955) (0)
Other Immunological Aspects in Ageing (1974) (0)
Hypothesis of the Genetic Control of Lifespan (1974) (0)
10. Medical Applications of Immunology (1962) (0)
Credo and comment: A scientist reflects (1979) (0)
APPRECIATIONS (1974) (0)
Genetic Aspects of Mental Disease (1971) (0)
Malignant Disease—1 (1974) (0)
13. The Deeper Problems (1962) (0)
The Two Categories: External Impact and Internal Expression (1971) (0)
Scientific approach to human conflict. (1949) (0)
ALLERGY and CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY (1974) (0)
Experiments with viruses (1976) (0)
Potentialities and limitations of therapy (1972) (0)
Epidemiology today. (1946) (0)
Listerian Oration THE SEEDS OF TIME: THE IMPACT OF MICROBIOLOGY ON HUMAN AFFAIRS SINCE LISTER'S DAY (1952) (0)
Localized auto-immune diseases (1972) (0)
[On hemagglutination and genetics of the influenza virus]. (1954) (0)
Holmes, 1965. Genetic investigations of autoimmune disease in mice (1966) (0)
1. Historical Outline (1962) (0)
IMMUNITY AND TOLERANCE: THE CURRENT CONCEPTS (1970) (0)
Medical research: the new Hall Institute (1985) (0)
Laboratory Notebook - Bacteriophage Experiments and Infectious Diseases (1932) (0)
Towards Progress in Cancer (1971) (0)
THE GENERAL NATURE OF MALIGNANCY (1970) (0)
3. Blood Groups and Natural Antibodies (1962) (0)
A STUDY OF BACTERIOPHAGE IN RELATION TO INFANTILE BACILLARY DYSENTERY (1931) (0)
Aims and Limitations of Therapy (1971) (0)
The Charles Mackay Lectute (1941) (0)
THE THYMUS-DEPENDENT SYSTEM: Homograft Rejection and Immunity (1970) (0)
Macfarlane Burnet claims it will be of little importance in practice (1976) (0)
DR. STAWELL'S RESIDENT (1968) (0)
Auto-immune responses in normal animals (1972) (0)
Infectious diseases (viruses). (1958) (0)
APPROACHES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF SENESCENCE (1970) (0)
Human Congenital Anomalies (1974) (0)
6. Self-recognition (1962) (0)
11. Allergic Disease (1962) (0)
Epidemiology Notebook - Infectious diseases in childhood (1951) (0)
Persistent andTransient Antibody Responses toHepatitis E Virus Detected byWestern Immunoblot UsingOpenReading Frame2and3andGlutathione S-Transferase Fusion Proteins (1994) (0)
The philosophy of a medical scientist. (1967) (0)
The Viruses. Biochemical, Biological, and Biophysical Properties. Vol. 1. General Virology. (1959) (0)
Generalized auto-immune diseases (1972) (0)
A time to die. (1978) (0)
The viruses; biochemical, biological, and biophysical properties, edited by F. M. Burnet [and] W. M. Stanley. (1959) (0)
CURRENT THOUGHT ON THE PROPHYLAXIS OF POLIOMYELITIS (1954) (0)
Infection and auto-immunity (1972) (0)
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IN RELATION TO SURVEILLANCE (1970) (0)
The double helix and immunology (0)
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE VIRUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VICTORIAN AND TASMANIAN EPIDEMICS OF POLIOMYELITIS, 1937 (1938) (0)
Genetic Disease the Nature of Differences Among Men (1971) (0)
The Manifestations of Ageing (1974) (0)
Biology and medicine. (1957) (0)
Ecology of virus diseases. (1953) (0)
Human Applications for the ‘New’ Biology (1971) (0)
General pathology of virus infection. (1950) (0)
The Thymus in Relation to Ageing (1974) (0)

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