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About Brian Sparkes
- Brian G.
- Sparkes (November 4, 1941 – December 18, 2011) was a Canadian biochemist.
- In 1968, he was the first to isolate a naturally occurring bacterial growth inhibitor in a discovery that had worldwide impact for cancer research.
- His groundbreaking paper was published in the academic journal Science.
- He was awarded a National Cancer Institute fellowship to study at McGill University.
- Sparkes performed pioneering research in the role of immune failure in burn injuries.
- In 1994 he was awarded the "Ambroise Pare Award" for his work on burn injury. Sparkes was born November 4, 1941 in Newport, Monmouthshire.
- He immigrated to Canada in 1951 and completed his secondary schooling in London, Ontario.
- Sparkes Earning two degrees from the University of Western Ontario, and earned his doctorate at the University of Ottawa. Sparkes died, at the age of 70, at St.
- Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario after succumbing to the effects of aggressive lymphoma.
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