"SuperBug" Gene Is Major Public Concern - 2 articles

Aug. 16, 2010, 6:01 a.m. EDT
Dr. Brad Spellberg, UCLA Medical Center Infectious Disease Specialist, Says "SuperBug" Gene Is Major Public Concern

TAMPA, FL, Aug 16, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- A dangerous new "superbug" gene that has become increasingly common in Southern Asia, and has recently been found in patients in Britain who received medical care in India and Pakistan, is causing concern among U.S. experts.

Labeled New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, better known as NDM-1, the "superbug" has the potential of spreading around the world, and scientists say there are almost no drugs in the pipeline to treat it.
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Dr. Spellberg serves as a key member of the Advisory Board of Zimek Technologies, the nation's leader in infection control and biohazard remediation technology.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dr-brad-spellberg-ucla-medical-center-infectious-disease-specialist-says-superbug-gene-is-major-public-concern-2010-08-16


James Lee Witt Named Senior Advisor at Zimek Technologies, Industry Leader in Infection Control and Biohazard Remediation
Press Release
Aug. 16, 2010, 6:30 a.m. EDT

TAMPA, FL, Aug 16, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Zimek Technologies is pleased to announce today the addition of James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer of Witt Associates, as Senior Advisor at Zimek, the industry leader in infection control and biohazard remediation systems. Witt was Cabinet-level Director of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) during the Clinton Administration.

As a Senior Advisor to Zimek Technologies, Witt will work closely with Advisory Board members including former Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones Jr.; Dr. Brad Spellberg, infectious disease specialist at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Dr. Peder Bo Nielsen, consultant in Microbiology with the United Kingdom's North West London NHS Trust; and Dr. Lindsey Shaw, Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology at the University of South Florida.
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Zimek Technologies, based in Tampa, Florida, has been developing and marketing its patented automatic Micro-Mist(R) decontamination technologies for more than five years. Zimek's industry-leading technologies are used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, fire and EMS departments, healthcare facilities, public health agencies, transit systems, correctional facilities, and local law enforcement agencies across America.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/james-lee-witt-named-senior-advisor-at-zimek-technologies-industry