Frank Macfarlane Burnet Quotes

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I can see no practical application of molecular biology to human affairs... DNA is a tangled mass of linear molecules in which the informational content is quite inaccessible.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

I can see no hope at present of such a vaccine being produced... I have adopted a frankly defeatist attitude towards the problem of poliomyelitis and I hope that future developments will prove me wrong... No means of controlling poliomyelitis is at present visible.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

When meeting the young Jonas Salk:

No one had ever picked my brains about influenza so expertly as he did.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

The idea of man as the dominant mammal of the earth whose whole behaviour tends to be dominated by his own desire for dominance gripped me. It seemed to explain almost everything, and I applied it to everything.

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

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Born: September 3, 1899

Died: August 31, 1985 (aged 85)

Bio: Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, usually known as Macfarlane or Mac Burnet, was an Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology.

Known for:

Auto-immunity and auto-immune disease (1972)
Immunological Surveillance (1970)
The integrity of the body (1962)

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