Stanislaw Burzynski
Stanislaw Rajmund Burzynski (born January 23, 1943 in Lublin, Poland) is a biochemist and a physician. He is founder, president and chairman of the controversial Burzynski Research Institute Inc. (OTCBB: BZYR), based in Houston and Stafford, Texas. Since December 1976, Burzynski has administered peptides and their metabolites, which he calls antineoplastons, as treatments with alleged anti-cancer activity.
In 1967, at age 24, Burzynski graduated from the Medical Academy in Lublin, Poland, with an M.D. degree with distinction. In 1968, he received his doctorate, D.Msc. He was licensed to practice medicine in the United States in 1973 by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
From 1970 to 1972, Burzynski was employed as a research associate at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In 1972, he was named assistant professor of medicine at Baylor and remained in this position until 1977. In May that year, Burzynski founded the Burzynski Clinic in West Houston, Texas, treating his patients there.
He founded the Burzynski Research Institute in 1984. Burzynski has authored various research publications on antineoplastons and holds American patents on the treatments.
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