Peter DeMarco, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter DeMarco

American doctor

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1932

Date of Death: 26-Oct-2005

Profession: physician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Peter DeMarco

  • Peter Thomas DeMarco (March 6, 1932 – October 26, 2005) was an American physician who graduated from Albright College in Pennsylvania and achieved his doctor of medicine degree in 1957 from Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A resident of Pine Hill, New Jersey, he had a research laboratory and medical practice there.His sole practice was devoted to treating patients with procaine PVP, However, his medical license was suspended in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for using unapproved therapies after an experimental permit for his drug was withdrawn.
  • The Federal agency also said the drug might cause cancer.
  • This was a common misconception in the 1970s.
  • Later research revealed procaine to have anti-cancer effects in human cancer cells.

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