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Gentag Medical Patches on the Way

Monday, May 21, 2007

“We believe that cell phones are the ideal tools to enable consumer-based diagnostics and that The CORE Institute has identified a unique market to illustrate how low cost RFID technologies combined with cell phones can save costs in medicine,” said Dr. John Peeters, Gentag founder, regarding his company’s partnership with The CORE Institute to develop and market RFID Skin Patches.

“We are very pleased to have signed this agreement and look forward to working with CORE and their partners.” [end] 

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