USANA's CEO Myron W. Wentz, Ph.D. Has Been Elected to Serve on Immunosyn Corporation's Board of...(ectious diseasesparticularly those cause...)

Date:3/17/2008

ectious diseases, particularly those caused by viruses. These products were used in private and hospital laboratories around the world. The most successful of Gull's products was the first commercially available test for the diagnosis of infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Dr. Wentz served as President and Chairman of Gull from 1974 to 1994, when he sold it to Fresenius, a German medical products company. He continued as Chairman until 1998.

In 1998, Dr. Wentz also founded Sanoviv Medical Institute, a leading-edge holistic medical facility located on the Pacific Coast near Rosarito Beach, Mexico.

"I am privileged to be asked to contribute my industry knowledge and experience toward the success of a company such as Immunosyn, whose dedication to 'identifying, marketing and distributing biopharmaceuticals derived from biological and natural substances that work with the body rather than against it,' closely parallels my life's work," says Dr. Wentz.

Dr. Wentz received his Doctorate from the University of Utah, an MS degree in microbiology from the University of North Dakota and a BS degree in biology from North Central College in Illinois. In 1969 Dr. Wentz joined a pathology group in Peoria, IL where until 1973 he served as the infectious disease specialist and directed the microbiology and immunology laboratories for three hospitals in the Peoria area.

During his long and distinguished career in biomedical science, Dr. Wentz has conducted important research on his own and has guided teams of researchers in other parts of the world. Throughout this period he has supported research in the life sciences, extending from the Cardiology Research Center in Moscow to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. He is a member of numerous scientific organizations around the world and has written books and published his research in the fields of infectious and degenerative disease.

In recent years Dr. Wentz has turned his
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