André Gernez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

André Gernez

French physician

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1923

Place of Birth: Avesnes-les-Aubert, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2014

Profession: physician, radiologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

André Gernez (25 January 1923 – 8 January 2014) was a French non-conventional physician.Gernez explained diseases such as cancer or neurodegenerations through a theory of mitosis and differentiation.
He indeed considered that in a tissue, only limited populations of cells were able to divide.
He even compares a tissue to a colony of bees, in which, only the Queen ensures reproduction, while most of the other bees are sterile workers.In 1979 his work have been awarded by the World Union for Protection of Life (an organization having 40 Nobel laureates among the 400 members of its board).