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Macfarlane Burnet
1899 – 1985Acquired immune tolerance, the basis of transplantation.
Australia·Medicine · BiologyNobel
Maurice Wilkins
1916 – 2004Shared the DNA structure Nobel.
New Zealand·Biology · PhysicsNobel
Elizabeth Blackburn
b. 1948Discovered telomerase, central to ageing and cancer research.
Australia·Medicine · BiologyNobel