LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CytoDyn, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CYDY) has appointed Nader Z. Pourhassan, Ph.D., as its Chief Operating Office. Dr. Pourhassan was born in Tehran in 1963, immigrated to the United States in 1977, and became a U.S. citizen in 1991. He received his Bachelor of Science from Utah State University in 1985, his Master of Science from Brigham Young in 1990, and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1998. After being an instructor in engineering and mathematics, he became a successful businessman. After Dr. Pourhassan became aware of the economic and humanitarian potential of Cytolin® — CytoDyn’s novel immune therapy for treating HIV/AIDS, he made it his priority to bring his considerable scientific, marketing, and management skills to our Company.