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Opportunity Steward Sell

Oncology research company announces new member of scientific advisory board
Biotech Week via NewsEdge Corporation :

2006 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- BioCurex, Inc., (BOCX.PK) announced that Steward Sell has joined the scientific advisory board of BioCurex, Inc.

Sell is an internationally renowned physician and scientist in the cancer and stem cell fields. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh, his residency in Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and research in Immunology at National Institute of Health, Bethesda and University of Birmingham.

He has received many awards including the Virchow Award (in honor of the recognized father of pathology), Legacy Laureate of the University of Pittsburgh (which recognizes the University's most distinguished graduates), Distinguished Scientist by the International Academy of Tumor Marker Oncology, the Gary Miller Memorial Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and recently, a special award from the AACR for his contributions to teaching principles of cancer biology over the last 25 years.

Sell has published more than 360 papers and chapters and has edited or written 14 Books. One of his books, "Basic Immunology" received honorable mention in 1988 from the American Medical Writers Association. With P. G. H. Gell, he was the first to demonstrate antibody-like receptors on lymphocytes. This was described in a paper that has been listed as a "Citation Classic" (as in most quoted papers) by Current Contents Magazine.

Sell has held many academic positions at various institutions and is presently Research Physician at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health as well as professor at the State University of New York. He has served on many academic and national advisory boards, and is the Editor-in-Chief of a new journal: Stem Cell Reviews, published by Humana Press.

This article was prepared by Biotech Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2006, Biotech Week via NewsRx.com.

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