New Mexico Veterans Call for early lung cancer screening using Biomoda technology
Tuesday, January 22, 2008; Posted: 12:16 PM

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Jan 22, 2008 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- BUSRF | news | PowerRating | PR Charts -- Biomoda (OTCBB:BMOD), an Albuquerque biomedical company that has developed a non-invasive test for early detection of lung cancer, declared on 21 January that busloads of New Mexico veterans will meet state legislators on 29 January as part of "Veterans Day" in Santa Fe to push for USD1.3m in funding of an early lung cancer screening programme for veterans.

The company said the programme will utilise its lung cancer screening technology and is being conducted by New Mexico Tech University. The company claimed hundreds of veterans and their families representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), American Legion, Am-Vets, Disabled American Veterans, Black Veterans Association of New Mexico, Jewish War Veterans, Gold Star Mothers and the Blue Star Mothers will board buses in Taos, Espanola and Albuquerque to participate in the day's ceremonies, including meetings to push their legislative agenda at the Round House. According to Biomoda, its patented technology, a non-invasive cytology based assay, is designed for cancer screening of large populations at a reasonable cost. Current diagnostic methods for lung cancer, including CT scans and X-rays, reportedly often detect the disease only at more advanced stages and are relatively expensive.

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