1960 - ANZSBT History Project

Macfarlane Burnet & Medawar win Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance (pictured).

The laser is invented.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) developed & codified by American Heart Association becoming the forerunner of CPR training for general public.

1^st combined oral contraceptive approved by the FDA.

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