VG Energy Enters into a Strategic Alliance with DAK Renewable
Research for LipidMax Field Trials
SAN MARINO, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VG Energy, an
agricultural biotech company, announces today a strategic alliance
with DAK Renewable Research to conduct field trials using LipidMax
to increase the corn oil yield. VG Energy is a majority owned
subsidiary of VG Life Sciences, Inc. (OTC Pink: VGLS).
VG Energy's exclusively licensed compound LipidMax selectively
inhibits certain metabolic pathways to increase the oil yield in
plants, possessing a wide variety of applications including biofuel
and vegetable oils. This important discovery is called
Metabolic Disruption Technology.
DAK Renewable Research headquartered in Brandon, South Dakota brings agricultural
innovations together with investors. It is primarily focused on
developing viable and cost-effective green energy solutions. DAK is
providing twelve 2,000 ft2 plots in South Dakota to measure the effect of LipidMax
in corn oil production and test the robustness of LipidMax in field
conditions. The compound will be applied at multiple stages in the
growth cycle of the corn. The crop will reach maturity in
mid-October and results will be announced shortly thereafter. All
data from the results will be exclusively owned by VG Energy.
"We are excited to see our product take this leap from the lab
to the field," says Haig Keledjian,
CEO of VG Life Sciences. "Our goal with these tests is to further
approach market commercialization and getting LipidMax closer to
being in the hands of farmers."
The inventor of Metabolic Disruption Technology (MDT) is
Karen Newell, PhD at Texas A&M University School of Medicine and
Chief Scientist at VG Life Sciences. Dr. Marty Dickman, PhD at Texas
A&M University, is the Chief Scientific Advisor for VG
Life Sciences on the agricultural side of the
business. Together Dr. Newell and Dr. Dickman are testing and
developing exciting MDT agricultural applications including
LipidMax.
"We have seen very positive lab results on oil yields using
LipidMax and now we are anxious to see if we get similar yields in
the field," said Dr. Dickman. "Yield is the watchword of every
farmer and our partners at DAK Renewable Research are the perfect
facilitators to bring this all together."
About VG Energy
VG Energy, Inc. is an agricultural biotech company that is
a majority-owned subsidiary of VG Life Sciences Inc., a biotech
company researching treatments for drug-resistant cancer, Lyme
disease, Strep, Staph and Sepsis, and HIV/AIDS. VG Energy holds the
exclusive worldwide license to the Metabolic Disruption Technology
(MDT) patent rights for use in the increase of production of
various oils from algae, plants and seeds. VG Energy's pivotal
discoveries could allow the agricultural industry to increase
production yields. For more information, please visit
www.VGEnergy.net or www.VGLifeSciences.com.
About DAK Renewable Research
DAK Renewable Energy is committed to working towards a
greener environment through the development, management and
investment in projects related to ethanol, wind and biofuels. The
directors of DAK are supported by a team of talented individuals
with extensive experience in agricultural, education and business
development. For more information, please visit
www.dakrenewableenergy.com.
Safe Harbor Statement and Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties associated with financial
projections, milestone timelines, clinical development, regulatory
approvals and other risks described by VG Life Sciences from time
to time in its periodic reports. None of VG Life Sciences' drug
compounds are approved by the US FDA or by any comparable
regulatory agencies elsewhere in the world. Therefore, there can be
no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this
release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant
uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included
herein, the forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a
representation by VG Life Sciences or any other person that the
objectives and plans of VG Life Sciences will be achieved.
CONTACT:
Alexandria Sumner, Marketing
Consultant
VG Energy, Inc.
Phone: (805) 679-6763
Email: Alex@vglifesciences.com
SOURCE VG Energy