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BrainCells Inc. Broadens Scientific Advisory Board Adding Drs. Edward Scolnick and David Holtzman
Date:10/20/2009

the board of Directors at Merck & Co., Inc. from 1997 to 2002 and is a current board member for Millipore Corporation and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Scolnick holds an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.D. from Harvard University Medical School.

Dr. David Holtzman is the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones Professor and Chairman of Neurology, Professor of Developmental Biology, Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and a member of the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders at Washington University School of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding basic mechanisms underlying acute and chronic cell dysfunction in the CNS, particularly how mechanisms may relate to Alzheimer's disease and injury to the developing brain. Prior to Washington University, Dr. Holtzman established the Memory and Cognitive Disorders Clinic at UCSF. Over the course of his career Dr. Holtzman has been recognized with the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar Award in Aging Research, the Potamkin Prize from the American Academy of Neurology for research on Alzheimer's, election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, recipient of a MERIT award from the NIA, the MetLife award on Alzheimer's disease and election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Holtzman holds a B.S. and M.D. from Northwestern University.

About BrainCells Inc.

BrainCells Inc. (BCI) is a drug discovery and development company leading the scientific research of neurogenesis by applying its robust and proprietary platform technology to identify novel pathways for new therapeutics to treat various central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Neurogenesis is the process by which endogenous stem cells in the adult human brain produce new brain tissue, including neurons. With its predictive screening platform, BCI can direct the selection and development of neurogenic compounds, increasing the opportunity for successful clinical t
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