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GammaCan International to Present IgG-Based Melanoma Program at the 5th Annual BioPartnering North America.


KIRYAT ONO, Israel & NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- GammaCan International, Inc. (OTC OTC

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 BB: GCAN), a developer of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced that Patrick Schnegelsberg, Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present VitiGam, GammaCan's lead product under development for the treatment of stage III and IV melanoma, to the investor, biotechnology and pharma communities at the BioPartnering North America Conference.

The conference will be held at the Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, during February 4-6, 2007. Mr. Schnegelsberg is scheduled to present on Monday, February 5th at 11:30 PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there .

About VitiGam:

VitiGam is GammaCan's second generation intravenous IgG-based product and a first-in-class anti-cancer immunotherapy. GammaCan plans on having VitiGam to enter phase I/II testing under a US IND in the near future after it recently held a pre-IND meeting with the FDA FDA
abbr.
Food and Drug Administration


FDA,
n.pr See Food and Drug Administration.

FDA,
n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration.
. VitiGam is being designed to target metastatic Metastatic
The term used to describe a secondary cancer, or one that has spread from one area of the body to another.

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metastatic

pertaining to or of the nature of a metastasis.
 melanoma patients with Stage III and IV melanoma. VitiGam is an IgG product that is different from standard IgGs: It is manufactured from the plasma of donors with vitiligo vitiligo
 or leukoderma

Skin disorder manifested by smooth, white spots on various parts of the body. Though the pigment-making cells of the skin, or melanocytes, are structurally intact, they have lost the ability to synthesize the pigment.
, a benign autoimmune skin condition affecting up to 2% of the general population. GammaCan scientists have shown that this "enriched" vitiligo IgG (VitiGam) contains potent anti-melanoma activity in both in vitro in vitro /in vi·tro/ (in ve´tro) [L.] within a glass; observable in a test tube; in an artificial environment.

in vi·tro
adj.
In an artificial environment outside a living organism.
 and mouse xenograft xenograft /xeno·graft/ (zen´o-graft) a graft of tissue transplanted between animals of different species; it may be concordant,  melanoma models. Thus, GammaCan expects VitiGam to provide (1) anti-melanoma activity directed specifically against malignant melanoma Malignant Melanoma Definition

Malignant melanoma is a type of cancer arising from the melanocyte cells of the skin. Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin.
 cells and (2) non-specific anti-cancer activity - as is the case with IgG in general.

About GammaCan

GammaCan is focusing on the commercialization of an innovative anti-cancer immunotherapy to treat metastatic cancer. GammaCan's platform is based on IgG, a safe, relatively non-toxic human plasma-based product, currently used to treat a variety of immune deficiencies and autoimmune diseases. IgG works by strengthening the patient's immune system. Many experts currently view immunotherapy as a future alternative to today's standard chemotherapy. GammaCan is developing VitiGam, its second generation program. VitiGam is an IgG derived from the plasma of vitiligo donors and is being developed to treat malignant melanoma. GammaCan owns, and has applied for US patent protection covering the use of IgG and vitiligo-derived IgG (VitiGam).

For more information about GammaCan visit www.GammaCan.com or call the company's headquarters in Kiryat Ono, Israel at +972 (03) 738-2616 or toll free 1-866-308-0396 (from North America).

Safe Harbor Statement:

Statements in this document that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding: the commercialization of an anti-cancer immunotherapy and the Company developing the boosting of cancer patients' immune systems with IVIG IVIG Intravenous immunoglobulin, see there  into an effective treatment. Actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as the inability to finance the planned development of the technology, inability to hire appropriate staff to develop the technology, unforeseen technical difficulties in developing the technology, inability to obtain regulatory approval for human use, competitors' therapies proving more effective, cheaper or otherwise preferable for consumers, inability to market the product we produce, among other factors, all of which could among other things, delay or prevent product release or cause our company to fail. For further risk factors see the risk factors associated with other early stage medical research and development companies filed with the SEC on Edgar.
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