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Quantitative studies on tissue transplantation immunity. I. The survival times of skin homografts exchanged between members of different inbred strains of mice. II. The origin, strength and duration of actively and adoptively acquired immunity.

MEDAWAR, Sir Peter Brian (1915 – 1987) Wikipedia

BILLINGHAM, Rupert Everett (1921 – 2002) Wikipedia

BRENT, Leslie Baruch (1925 – 2019) Wikipedia

SPARROW, Elizabeth M.

Proc. roy. Soc. B, 143, 43-80. 1954.

Experimental production of immunological tolerance by Billingham and colleagues.Paper II distinguished adoptive from passive immunization. E. M. Sparrow was a co-author of paper I.

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Immunology & Dermatology

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IMMUNOLOGY › Immunization TRANSPLANTATION TRANSPLANTATION › Skin Grafting

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