VANCOUVER, BC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 27, 2007 -- Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) ("Upstream" or "the Company"), an emerging leader in the field of genetic diagnostics for cancer and the prediction of drug response, has appointed Philip Rice, former Treasurer for Transamerica and former Director of Dresdner Kleinworth Wasserstein to the Company's board of directors.