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Mainz Biomed: Douglas Rex

Sep 20, 2022

Mainz Biomed has appointed Douglas Rex to its medical advisory board. Rex is a distinguished professor emeritus of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, chancellor's professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, director of endoscopy at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis, and a colorectal disease researcher. Rex's appointment will support a pivotal trial for the firm's colorectal cancer detection test, the company said.

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