Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY),
a molecular diagnostics company specializing in personalized medicine,
announced today that its scientific paper entitled “A
Four-Gene Expression Signature for Prostate Cancer Cells Consisting of
UAP1, PDLIM5, IMPDH2, and HSPD1” has successfully completed the peer
review process and has been approved for publication in the August issue
of UroToday International Journal. This publication demonstrates
the clinical validity of the four-gene prostate cancer test for
identifying clinically significant prostate cancer licensed for
commercialization by HDC to Abbott (NYSE: ABT), Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:
DGX), and Clarient (NasdaqCM: CLRT).
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“We are very pleased to have the validated scientific results of our new
four-gene prostate cancer test peer reviewed and accepted for
publication by this prestigious and internationally recognized urology
journal,” said Stephen D. Barnhill, M.D., Chairman and CEO of Health
Discovery Corporation. “The HDC four-gene prostate cancer test for
clinically significant prostate cancer accepted for publication in UroToday
International Journal® is the crux of our recent worldwide
license agreements with our commercialization partners including Abbott,
Quest Diagnostics and Clarient.” Dr. Barnhill continued “Having a peer
reviewed medical publication should greatly assist our commercialization
partners in their efforts to provide validated scientific results to
physicians worldwide wanting to provide this new novel prostate cancer
test to their patients, especially timely in light of the recent
negative press regarding the poor performance of the PSA test for
prostate cancer.”
About Health Discovery Corporation
Savannah-based Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY)
is uniquely positioned in the field of personalized medicine.