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Frank Macfarlane Burnet
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“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 (1899–1985) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Burnet, F.M. (1949) "Some aspects of the epidemiology of poliomyelitis". in: Proc. Royal Australasian College of Physicians. 4: 95-100.
“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 (1899–1985) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Burnet, F.M. (1970) Immunological Surveillance. Pergamon Press. pp. 240-241.
“One of the minor regrets, not really a big regret, is that I’ve never published a paper with Mac Burnet. I’ve published 500 papers, not a single one has Burnet as a co-author. He did not believe in putting his name on a paper if he hadn’t done at least one third of the work himself. A sort of an honest unselfish approach, when it comes time to reap the glory you do it without having someone grabbing it instead of you.”
Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1899–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (2002): In interview by Robyn Williams, in: The Science Show, Saturday 20/4/2002.