VIRATECH APPOINTS VALERIE KIDD, M.D. ASINDEPENDENT DIRECTORSTOCKTON, CALIFORNIA/November 11, 2012 /Newswire/ -- Viratech, Inc. (OTC: VIRA),the first open source biotech research social network platform, announced todaythe appointment of Valerie Kidd, M.D., as a Director.  Dr. Kidd’s work for many years in primarycare allows her to understand the importance of early detection of disease andneed to improve medical care, and access to care. Her teaching experience addsto her credibility in the realm of Primary Care and she is a valuable asset toViratech’s Board of Directors.  “I ampleased to accept the position of a member of the board of directors ofViratech, and am looking forward to the revolutionizing of the method and paceof medical research and product development through the use of Viratech’s opensource platform,” said Dr. Kidd.Dr. Kiddreceived her BA in Chemistry from UC Davis, College of Letters and Science in1980.   She received her MD at Universityof California at Irvine, College of Medicine in1984.  She completed a Family Practice ResidencyProgram at San Joaquin General Hospital from July 1984 to July 1987.   She became first Board Certificated inFamily Practice in 1987, then again in 1993, 2000, and 2007.    Dr. Kidd is an active member of theAmerican Academy of Family Physicians since 1987.   She has been practicing medicine at LodiMemorial Hospital since 2006.   Since2006, Dr. Kidd has held the following positions:ClinicalPositions:1987-1988,Staff Physician, Employee Health Services, San Joaquin General Hospital1988-1991,Staff Physician, Lincoln Family Medial Group, Douglas Road, Stockton1991-1995,Staff Physician, Employee Health Services, Modesto, Stanislaus County1995-1996,Physician, California State University Stanislaus Student Health Center1996-2006,Staff Physician, Employee Health Services Clinic, San Joaquin General Hospital 2007-March2009, Family Medicine Physician, St Joseph’s Medical Group of Stockton2007-March2009, Medical Director, University of Pacific, Cowell Wellness Center StudentHealth2006-present,Staff Physician, Lodi Memorial Hospital Urgent Care Clinic2006-present,Staff Physician, Lodi Memorial Occupational Med ClinicTeachingPositions:1988-2003,University of Pacific, Physical Therapy Guest Lecturer1987-1991,Clinical Preceptor, San Joaquin Family Practice Residency1991-1996,Clinic Preceptor, Stanislaus Family Practice Residency1996-2003,Clinic Preceptor, San Joaquin Family Practice Residency AboutViratech Corp. Based in Stockton, California, ViratechCorp. has created a unique an open source biotech research and developmentplatform, , Viratech has created a unique platform  leveraging the utility of socialcollaboration, which is designed towill allow cancer research the opportunityfor the first time to become open sourced. This will beis accomplished by allowing the company’sour developmentpartners the ability to protect, promote and produce their research in unifiedonline collaboration hubs known as micro social networks. Viratech’s opensource platform has integrated several intellectual property tools which, byleveraging itsour social collaboration network, can give the company’sourdevelopment partners a new intellectual property mechanism, which will help inaddressing the protection of Intellectual Property, promotion throughcollaboration in the company’sour protected open source platform, andcommercial development of the products achieved through collaborative research. Using this platform, Viratech memberscan protect their intellectual property, then use Viratech’s micro socialnetwork as a utility to promote and crowdfund the research and development toproduce the new technology. Forward-Looking Statements:  This press release includesforward-looking statements concerning the future performance of our business,its operations and its financial performance and condition, and also includesselected operating results presented without the context of accompanyingfinancial results. These forward-looking statements include, among others,statements with respect to our objectives and strategies to achieve thoseobjectives, as well as statements with respect to our beliefs, plans,expectations, anticipations, estimates or intentions. These forward-lookingstatements are based on our current expectations. We caution that allforward-looking information is inherently uncertain and actual results maydiffer materially from the assumptions, estimates or expectations reflected orcontained in the forward-looking information, and that actual futureperformance will be affected by a number of factors, including economicconditions, technological change, regulatory change and competitive factors,many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, future events and results mayvary significantly from what we currently foresee. We are under no obligation(and we expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update or alter theforward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, futureevents or otherwise.  Contact: Dr. Kevin BuckmanViratechCorp.http://viratech.orgEmail Contact: info@viratech.org