ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Appoints Drs. Peter Brooks and Sherie Morrison to Scientific Advisory Board
Tuesday October 14, 9:00 am ET
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. (OTC: IMUC.OB ) (IMUC), a biotechnology company, announced today that it has appointed Peter Brooks, Ph.D. and Sherie Morrison, Ph.D. to the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Brooks of the Maine Medical Center Research Institute brings extensive expertise in the monoclonal antibody area, having participated in the research and development of multiple anti-cancer compounds. Dr. Morrison of the University of California, Los Angeles is a world renowned antibody researcher, having published hundreds of papers and patents and who has also acted as keynote speaker at a number of antibody conferences.
Dr. Peter Brooks recently joined the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, where he is focused on studying mechanisms that regulate angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis. Prior to joining that Institute, Dr. Brooks served as associate professor and director of Angiogenesis and Radiation Research at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. Before his association with NYU, Dr. Brooks was an assistant professor at the USC School of Medicine, during which time he also co-founded Cell Matrix Incorporated, a biotechnology company focused on anti-angiogenic drugs targeting cryptic ECM epitopes. Dr. Brooks' studies have led to a recent clinical trial to evaluate the effects of D93, a humanized antibody directed to a cryptic collagen epitope for the treatment of malignant tumors. Dr. Brooks obtained his Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Sherie Morrison is a distinguished professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Morrison joined the faculty of UCLA in 1988 and acted as department chair for 10 years. Prior to that, Dr. Morrison served as professor in the Department of Microbiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, which followed various post-doctoral fellowships at Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her long-time research interest has been the functional properties of antibodies and novel antibody-related proteins, and she is well published in this area. Dr. Morrison holds Ph.D. and B.A. degrees from Stanford University.
"We are extremely pleased to have Drs. Morrison and Brooks join our Scientific Advisory Board. While our cancer vaccine and cancer stem cell technologies are either in or approaching the clinical stage, we are equally excited about the potential of our preclinical-stage monoclonal antibody therapies, and we believe that the extensive experience that Sherie and Peter bring in this area can assist us in advancing our antibody therapies to the clinic more rapidly," stated Manish Singh, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of IMUC. "We have observed promising preclinical data in our monoclonal antibody program demonstrating high specificity of these antibodies to target certain cancers, and we are also developing a diagnostic test to potentially screen patients with certain tumor markers who are most likely to benefit from our therapies."
About ImmunoCellular Therapeutics
IMUC is a Los Angeles-based clinical-stage company that is developing immune based therapies for the treatment of brain and other cancers. IMUC's lead product candidate-a dendritic cell-based vaccine for treating brain tumors-is currently being evaluated in a Phase I clinical trial. Additionally, the company is developing a therapeutic vaccine targeting cancer stem cells for multiple cancer indications and is also evaluating its platform technology for monoclonal antibody discovery using differential immunization for diagnosing and treating multiple types of cancer. To learn more about IMUC, please visit www.imuc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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