Biomerica, Inc. Appoints Brooks Cash to Its Scientific Advisory Board
November 19, 2021 at 08:19 am EST
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Biomerica, Inc. announced that Dr. Brooks Cash has agreed to chair Biomerica?s newly formed Colorectal Cancer Scientific Advisory Board. The SAB will guide and help expand the use of the EZ Detect product in Colorectal Cancer screenings and reaching underserved patient populations. Other key opinion leaders in the Gastroenterology field will be joining Dr. Cash on this SAB. Brooks Cash, M.D., serves as Chief of the Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Cash was previously Chief of the Gastroenterology Division at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. Dr. Cash also served for 24 years in the United States Navy, and was stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Washington, D.C. area. During his time at Bethesda Naval and Walter Reed he served as Chief of Gastroenterology, Chief of Medicine, and finally as the Deputy Commander for Medicine at both institutions.
Biomerica, Inc. is a biomedical technology company. The Company develops, patents, manufactures and markets advanced diagnostic and therapeutic products used at the point-of-care (in home and in physiciansâ offices) and in hospital/clinical laboratories for detection and/or treatment of medical conditions and diseases. It is also engaged in the research, development, commercialization and in certain cases regulatory approval, of patented, diagnostic-guided therapy (DGT) products to treat gastrointestinal diseases, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other inflammatory diseases. The Company's InFoods IBS product uses a simple blood sample and is designed to identify patient-specific foods that, when removed from the diet, may alleviate IBS symptoms such as pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation. The Companyâs two subsidiaries, Biomerica de Mexico, which is used for assembly/manufacturing and BioEurope GmbH, which acts as a distributor of Biomerica products in certain markets.