Marcel Roche Dugand, Venezuelan physician and scientist (Caracas 15 August 1920 – Miami 03 May 2003) From French
descent Authored
101 scientific papers and 12 books and monographs Found that heme iron from meat increased the absorption of iron from other sources known as meat effect With M. Layrisse & C. Martínez Torres. Effect of interaction of various foods on iron absorption. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 21:1175, 1968 Designed a
special apparatus for observation and filming of hookworm METHODS
With M.E.
Perez Gimenez & A. Levy. Isotopic tracer method for measurement of iron
lost into and re-absorbed from Gastro-intestinal bleeding lesions. Nature
180:1278-9, 1957 With C.
Martinez Torres. A method for in vitro study of hookworm activity. Exper.
Parasitol. 9:250-6, 1960 Paper in famous reviews With C. Martínez Torres & L. MacPherson.
Electroesophagogram of individual hookworm (Ancylostoma
caninum). Science 136:148-50, 1962 HONORS Doctor Honoris Causa, Case Institute of Technology (1960) Doctor Honoris Causa, Saint Joseph’s University (1992) LINKS |
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