PharmaCyte Biotech Appoints International Diabetes Expert to Its Scientific Advisory Board
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 19, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB:PMCB), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted treatments for cancer and diabetes using its signature live-cell encapsulation technology, Cell-in-a-Box®, announced today that Prof. Hans-Peter Hammes, M.D., has accepted an appointment to PharmaCyte’s Scientific Advisory Board. Prof. Hammes is recognized internationally as a preeminent figure in the treatment of diabetes and its complications. In addition to his appointment to the Board, Prof. Hammes has agreed to become a member of PharmaCyte’s international Diabetes Consortium and to serve as a consultant to PharmaCyte.
The Chief Executive Officer of PharmaCyte, Kenneth L. Waggoner, commented, “We are honored that Prof. Hammes has agreed to join our Scientific Advisory Board and to serve as a consultant to the company. Prof. Hammes is one of Europe’s leading authorities in all aspects of diabetes and is well versed on the types of studies that will be needed to develop an effective treatment for the disease. It is indeed a privilege to have him join our team. Prof. Hammes’ enthusiasm for the work being done by the international Diabetes Consortium was shown by his active participation at this year’s annual meeting of the Consortium recently held in Vienna, Austria. Every member of the Consortium felt that Prof. Hammes’ contributions were invaluable. Prof. Hammes has already demonstrated he is going to be a major resource to Pharmacyte, as we develop our treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes.”
Prof. Hans-Peter Hammes, M.D., is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at the University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Prof. Hammes received his medical degree from Westfälische Wilhelm-University in Münster, Germany. Since graduating in 1980, Prof. Hammes has held several positions in the field of diabetes, with emphasis on the biochemistry of diabetic complications, diabetic retinopathy, angiogenesis and predictors of vascular complication from diabetes. Prof. Hammes is recognized worldwide for his work on the retinopathy (damage to the eyes) that can result from diabetes.
Prof. Hammes was trained in diabetes by the one of the world’s most recognized authorities on the treatment of diabetes, Prof. Konrad Federlin, at the University of Giessen, Germany. In 1996, Prof. Hammes was named “Diabetologist” by the German Diabetes Association. Prof. Hammes is a member of several professional organizations, including the German Society of Internal Medicine, the German Society of Endocrinology and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Prof. Hammes was this year’s recipient of the prestigious Camillo Golgi Prize awarded by EASD at its annual meeting. He has co-authored over 200 scientific articles and books involving diabetes.
“I am very much looking forward to contribute to this exciting field on which so many patients with type 1 diabetes put a lot of hope. Since the early days of clinical training by Konrad Federlin, islet replacement therapy was on the agenda, and the prevention of diabetic microvascular complications by islet transplantation was among my earliest experimental studies.”
