Gowans attended Oxford University and in 1955-60 was a Medical Research Fellow at Exeter College, where he conducted his pioneering work on lymphocyte recirculation.

高恩斯就读于牛津大学， 并19551960间担任埃克塞特学院的医学究学者，间他开展了关于淋巴细胞再循环的开究工作。

Gowans went on to suggest that lymphocytes are the cells that carry antibodies, and that by circulating through the tissues, they spread the antibodies around the body.

高恩斯进一步提出， 淋巴细胞是携带抗体的细胞，通过组织中循环，它们将抗体分布到全身。