GeneNews Appoints Dr. David Sable to Board of Directors

GeneNews Limited (TSX: GEN), a company focused on developing blood-based biomarker tests for the early detection of diseases and personalized health management, today announced that it has appointed Dr. David Sable to the GeneNews Board of Directors. Dr. Sable directs all life sciences investing for the Special Situations Funds based in New York.

“Special Situations is a leader amongst U.S. life sciences funds and one of our core investors. Dr. Sable brings a deep knowledge of the challenges and opportunities facing companies in the biotech and diagnostic space and has broad relationships across the industry,” said Rory Riggs, Chair of the GeneNews Board of Directors. “This expertise, in addition to Dr. Sable’s experience in clinical medicine will provide GeneNews with valuable insights as we continue with the roll out of our ColonSentry™ test and look forward to the development and commercialization of additional groundbreaking tests based on our Sentinel Principle™ platform technology. We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Sable to our team.”

“GeneNews is an emerging company that is just ramping up the commercialization of its first product, the ColonSentry™ test,” said Dr. David Sable. “This innovative blood test can potentially save lives and provide a cost effective solution for avoiding the expensive healthcare claims related to late stage colorectal cancer. I look forward to working with the management and Board of GeneNews as they continue with the commercialization of ColonSentry and development of additional tests in their Sentry pipeline.”

Dr. Sable served as resident and chief resident in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and as fellow in reproductive endocrinology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He was also director of the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey and managed a proprietary healthcare portfolio at Deutsche Bank. Dr. Sable is a graduate of the Wharton School and the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine.

GeneNews is an emerging molecular diagnostics company focused on the application of functional genomics to enable early diagnosis and personalized health management based on disease-specific biomarkers. The Company has a patented core platform technology, the Sentinel Principle®, which has the power to detect and stage virtually any disease or medical condition from a simple blood sample. GeneNews is currently applying the Sentinel Principle® in major areas with unmet clinical needs such as cancer, arthritis, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders. GeneNews launched its first commercial product, ColonSentry™, a blood-based test to pre-screen and assess an individual's risk for colorectal cancer, in Canada in 2008. The company's first US marketing partner, Enzo Clinical Labs, is expected to launch the ColonSentry™ test in New York and New Jersey in the second half of 2010. For more information on GeneNews and ColonSentry™, visit www.genenews.com or www.ColonSentry.com.

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