SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Initiating a broad outreach program, Arrayit Corporation (OTCQB:ARYC) announces that its spokesperson, Emmy Award winning actress and Civilian Medal of Honor recipient Khrystyne Haje, will appear on the Rachael Ray Show this Friday, March 23rd. Known for her starring role on ABC's "Head of the Class" and one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World", Khrystyne will have her hair cut on the show and donate it to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths program. Procter & Gamble's Pantene (NYSE:PG) and Hearst Corporation's Seventeen magazine are empowering patients undergoing cancer treatment by sponsoring the first ever National Donate Your Hair Day on April 27, with salons nationwide participating. The American Cancer Society will distribute the wigs through their network free of charge.
Rene Schena, CEO of Arrayit said, "Khrystyne's celebrity provides an excellent avenue for raising awareness about all aspects of cancer treatment, the importance of early diagnosis, and Arrayit's pipeline of tests."
Arrayit technology is based on microarrays, which are miniature devices that detect disease biomarkers in the blood stream years in advance of overt symptoms. The first in a pipeline of disease diagnostics and cancer screening tests, Arrayit's OvaDx® Pre-Symptomatic Ovarian Cancer Screening Test will be available to the public upon FDA approval through Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc.
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Arrayit leads and empowers the genetic, research, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic communities through the discovery, development and manufacture of proprietary life science technologies for disease prevention, treatment and cure.
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