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Article: Champion of Aboriginal health looks to traditional remedies: Malcolm King.
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- April 1, 1999
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By John Black
Windspeaker Contributor
Dr. Malcolm King, a prominent research scientist and professor of the pulmonary division, department of medicine at the University of Alberta, is the 1999 National Aboriginal Achievement Award winner in the category of Medical Sciences. Dr. King's main area of interest is mucus rheology, which is the study of the flow of mucus in the lungs and other organs. His research is directed to treat diseases such as asthma, bronchitis and cystic it has led him to patent two therapies for chronic respiratory disease.
The university's medical faculty dean, Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell, along with medical and dental students, ...