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About Pop Test Cortisol LLC

Pop Test Cortisol LLC is part of the Pop Test group of companies. Pop Test was founded in 2008 with the creation of the saliva based diabetes testing platform planned for launch with Walmart in 2012. The company has since developed a series of diagnostic platforms including the saliva Pop Test devices and lateral flow diagnostics for biological and agricultural applications. Pop Test has put together a world class team for it’s expansion into drug development resulting in rapid discovery and expansion of indications. Currently, the Pop Test Companies are seeking relationships with major pharmaceutical companies to commercialize our breakthroughs.

About Dr. Neil Theise

Neil Theise, MD is a diagnostic pathologist and adult stem cell researcher in New York City where he is Professor of Pathology and of Medicine at a major New York college of medicine. His research revised understandings of human liver microanatomy which, in turn, led directly to identification of human liver stem cell niches. Also considered a pioneer of multi-organ, adult, stem cell plasticity Dr. Theise has published on that topic in the top scientific and medical journals such as Cell, Science, Nature, and the Lancet. Additionally, Dr. Theise is an international authority on human liver and biliary tract malignancy, recently serving as co-editor and co- author of the World Health Organization’s newest edition of the “Diagnostic Manual of Tumors of the Digestive Tract.”

About Dr. Hirohisa Yano

Hirohisa Yano is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology, Kurume University School of Medicine (Japan). He received his M.D. degree from Kurume University School of Medicine in 1983 and his Ph.D. degree from Kurume University in 1987. From 1987-1989, Yano was a Research Fellow at the Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In 1989, he returned to Kurume University School of Medicine where he became a Fellow at the Department of Pathology (1989-2002) before he joined the faculty as Assistant Professor (1991-2002). He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002 and appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pathology in 2007.