New Braunfels, Tx., USA - September 14, 2010, New Braunfels, Tx., USA - CytoGenix, a biotechnology company, announced that Cy Stein has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors.
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Dr. Stein has been on the CytoGenix Board for 7 years and has served as Chairman of the CytoGenix Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr. Stein is a Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY), and the Director of Medical Genitourinary Oncology and Attending Physician at the Montefiore Medical Center.
For the past 22 years, Dr. Stein has been heavily involved in preclinical and clinical studies of nucleic acid therapies for cancers.
Dr. Stein has previously served as Head of Scientific Advisory Board at Novosom AG, and as a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of Celadon Labs, ProNai Therapeutics, Silence Therapeutics, Genta, Gentium and TriLink Biotechnologies.
In addition to his clinical and faculty activities, Dr. Stein serves as Co-editor-in-Chief of the journal Oligonucleotides (formerly Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development), and is an ad hoc Reviewer for over 20 peer reviewed journals.
Dr. Stein has authored or co-authored over 115 scientific publications, over 75 editorials, book chapters and reviews, as well as being a named inventor on eleven issued patents. He serves on seven editorial advisory boards, including Molecular Cancer Therapeutics and Clinical Cancer Research.
Before attaining his current position, Dr. Stein was a faculty member at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University for 13 years, first as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and then as an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine. Dr. Stein is also a practicing genitourinary oncologist who has been cited many times as one of the "Best Doctors in NY" by New York Magazine.
Dr. Stein was trained at the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. He completed an Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center. ■