Jean Courtial
Encyclopedia
Jean Courtial was a French
physician
, former polytechnician
who worked at Curie Institute
from 1950 to 1966. Courtial etablished the fact that any animal
without growth hormone
can't have cancer
. André Gernez
celebrated the memory of Jean Courtial to Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
in 2009.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, former polytechnician
Polytech Group (France)
The Polytech' Group is a French network of 12 graduate schools of engineering within France's leading science universities. All schools in the Group offer Master of Engineering degrees in various specialities...
who worked at Curie Institute
Curie Institute (Paris)
thumb|Centre of protontherapyInstitut Curie is one of the leading medical, biological and biophysical research centres in the world.It is a private non-profit foundation operating a research center on biophysics, cell biology and oncology and a hospital specialized in treatment of cancer...
from 1950 to 1966. Courtial etablished the fact that any animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
without growth hormone
Growth hormone
Growth hormone is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. Growth hormone is a 191-amino acid, single-chain polypeptide that is synthesized, stored, and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior...
can't have cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
. André Gernez
André Gernez
André Gernez is a French non-conventional physician. He created a global non-governmental organisation Organic Union International in 1989 with doctors Jacques Lacaze and Jean-Pierre Willem....
celebrated the memory of Jean Courtial to Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
Société d'Encouragement au Progrès is a NGO fighting for initiative, responsibility and progress headquartered in Paris . It publishes a quarterly review called La Tribune du Progrès....
in 2009.