Med Hires Chief Scientific Officer from Johns Hopkins
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GenoMed, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: GMED) ("the Company" or "GenoMed"), a St. Louis, Missouri-based medical genomics biotechnology company, announced today that Paula Hempen, Ph.D. has joined the Company as its Chief Scientific Officer.
Dr. Hempen has extensive research experience in cancer genetics, the regulation of gene transcription, immunology, and genomics. Dr. Hempen spent the last three years in the laboratory of Dr. Scott Kern at the Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hempen's research at Hopkins led to the discovery of two new tumor suppressor genes in pancreatic cancer. Her findings have recently been submitted for publication.
Dr. David Moskowitz, GenoMed's Chairman, said, "With her cutting-edge experience in molecular biology, bioinformatics, molecular genetics, immunology and especially cancer genetics, Dr. Hempen is a wonderful addition to the GenoMed team." Dr. Hempen said, "I am very excited to be a part of the GenoMed team and to begin the adventure of discovery here in my hometown of St. Louis."
Dr. Moskowitz concluded, "I am thrilled that a scientist of Dr. Hempen's excellence has joined us, and I am delighted to entrust our scientific endeavor to her capable hands."
About GenoMed
GenoMed, Inc. is a medical genomics company whose mission is to improve patient outcomes by identifying the genes that cause disease. Two recent publications detail the Company's unique treatment approach, and the large number of age-related diseases that it may be applicable to. Having developed a novel treatment for cardiovascular disease, the Company is now working on an early-warning system for cancer, starting with colon cancer.
For questions, please contact Krissy Fischer, tel. 1-877-GENOMED (1-877-436-6633), FAX 314-977-0042, email: kfischer@genomedics.com, or visit GenoMed at www.genomedics.com.
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