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BELLEVILLE, ON, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, reports two presentations made by its researchers at international conferences this week.

Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association

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Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. was among the presenters at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) held in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. this week. The presentation, entitled, "Quantification of chromosomal aberrations by multiprobe fluorescence in situ hybridization profile (FISH) of 9 human bladder cancer cell lines commonly used in urological research", was made by Sonia Menard, Research Associate in the Bioniche pre-clinical research and development team.

The study was carried out in conjunction with the Cytogenetic Laboratory, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), the chromosomal status of bladder cancer cell lines commonly used in bladder cancer research was determined. The results of the study showed that the nine bladder cancer cell lines studied, which were originally derived from low- to high-grade bladder tumours, were actually representative of high-grade bladder cancer.

"Bioniche has previously evaluated the activity of its proprietary Mycobacterial Cell Wall-DNA Complex (MCC) against bladder cancer cell lines derived from low- and high-grade tumours, and has shown comparability of anticancer activity," said Dr. Nigel C. Phillips, Chief Scientific Officer at Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. "The Company has also previously reported the anticancer activity of MCC against primary bladder cancer cell cultures, where a uniform activity profile was observed that was independent of tumour grade."

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