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Compared rabbit autografts and homografts and identified rejection behavior consistent with active immunity.
Scientific scope
The record is Medawar's sole-author 1944 rabbit study. It is animal evidence, not a clinical transplantation trial, and it does not absorb the adjacent human work with Thomas Gibson or later acquired-tolerance experiments.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Medawar's sole-author 1944 rabbit study. It is animal evidence, not a clinical transplantation trial, and it does not absorb the adjacent human work with Thomas Gibson or later acquired-tolerance experiments.
Contributors
- Peter B. Medawar · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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