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Discoverer of Immunocal®
Dr. Bounous was awarded the 1965 medal of the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He pioneered the use of elemental
diets in the prophylaxis and treatment of intestinal lesions associated
with shock, intestinal ischemia, radiation, cancer chemotherapy and
Crohn’s disease.
Co-Discoverer of Immunocal®
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joined the Faculty of Medicine at McGill
University and held appointments in the
Departments of Physiology and Medicine,
becoming Full Professor in 1986. Her research
was funded by independent grants to her from
the Medical Research Council of Canada, the National Cancer Institute of
Canada and the National Institutes of Health in the United States.
Her main research was concerned with increasing basic knowledge of the
immune system, with a focus on cellular immunology, host/parasite
interactions and the genetics of natural resistance.
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