CALGARY, Canada, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (TSX: ONC, NASDAQ: ONCY) announced today that its 2008 Annual and Special Meeting of the Shareholders will be held on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) at the Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave, New York.

Following the business portion of the meeting, Dr. Brad Thompson, President and CEO of Oncolytics, will discuss recent progress in developing REOLYSIN(R) as a potential cancer therapeutic.

LONDON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- BCS Global Networks is pleased to announce that Clive Sawkins has accepted the position as Chief Executive Officer of the company. BCS is a managed service provider enabling video conferencing and visual collaboration globally. With its global video infrastructure, BCS provides its customers with an easy to use; direct connect, visual link to customers, colleagues and experts around the world.

Whole-organ maps that superimpose genetic information over the terrain of cancerous bladders chart the molecular journey from normal cell to invasive cancer, an international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports online ain Laboratory Investigation.

By geographically relating an organ’s varied tissues – normal, precancerous and malignant – to their underlying genetic variation or regulation, the team also identified a crucial new category of genes that launches the process of cancer development.

“These ‘forerunner genes’ are the ignition key that starts the engine of carcinogenesis,” said senior author Bogdan Czerniak, M.D., Ph.D., professor in M. D. Anderson’s Department of Pathology.

Want to live a long life? Your genes still don't make a difference (yet) according to research on the bone health of one of the oldest persons in the world who recently died at the age of 114 The study reveals that there were no genetic modifications which could have contributed to this longevity.

The research team, directed by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona professor Adolfo Díez Pérez, pointed out a healthy lifestyle, a Mediterranean diet, a temperate climate and regular physical activity as the reasons for his excellent health.

They studied the bone mass and analysed the genetics of a man with enviable health who at the time of the study was 113 years old. The research was carried out with four other members of his family: a 101-year-old brother, two daughters aged 81 and 77, and a nephew aged 85, all of them born and still living in a small town of the island of Menorca. The man's bones were in excellent conditions: his bone mass was normal, there were no anomalous curvatures and he had never sustained a fracture.

Scientists at Gramina, a joint biotech venture by Australia’s Molecular Plant Breeding Cooperative Research Centre and New Zealand rural services group PGG Wrightson Genomics, are developing a grass that will not only cut the amount of methane cows burp up when chewing the cud but will also grow in hotter climes, according to the latest issue of Chemistry & Industry.

This means that farmers should be able to maintain dairy herds’ productivity and profitability in the face of a changing climate, while cutting down their gaseous burps and reducing their contribution to global warming.

Combating greenhouse gas emissions produced by the agricultural industry is a priority. The UK’s DEFRA has just announced a roadmap aimed at helping the dairy industry reduce its potential impact on the environment in line with Britain’s target to cut its greenhouse emissions by 20% by 2010. By 2015 the roadmap plans to have 20-30% of milk producers trialling new technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

SINGAPORE, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, "Techpro Electronics Launches COPROTECTOR(TM) - The World's 1st Electrochemical Carbon Monoxide Detector Specially Designed for Use in Cars" issued on 5 May 2008 06:47 GMT, by TECHPRO ELECTRONICS PTE LTD over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that that the following link, http://asianetnews.net/Download.asp?ID=95606 should be included at the end of the release. Complete, corrected release follows:

ZURICH, Switzerland, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The research for non-invasive glucose monitoring has found new investors: The Zürich Cantonal Bank will invest in Solianis; together with a research grant from the European Union and private investors a total of CHF 2.5 Mio is raised.

Solianis Monitoring AG has reached another mile stone in its career: The company has concluded a capital increase of CHF 2.5 Mio. Alongside with private investors the Zürich Cantonal Bank will participate with CHF 500'000 as a part of their funding program for pioneer companies. "It is essential for us to support start-ups in the difficult fund raising process and be a reliable partner for the development of the company," says Herbert Huwiler, Start-up Finance, Zürich Cantonal Bank.

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Longest Continuous-Treatment Prospective Study of a Biological Therapy for Psoriasis

Final results of the first three-year prospective efficacy and safety study in moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis were recently published in the British Journal of Dermatology(1). They demonstrate the sustained safety and efficacy obtained with Raptiva(R) (efalizumab) in the long-term three-year therapy of this chronic autoimmune disease.

VIENNA, Austria, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- From 7 to 29 June, Austria, together with Switzerland, is presenting the European Football (Soccer) Championship. Important information is available to all fans under http://www.sozialversicherung.at/ecguide/ so that the consequences of possible injury or sickness remain as minor as possible. Standing behind this information is the Austrian social insurance system that is responsible for Austria's health care system, recognized as among the best in the world.

Via the internet address http://www.sozialversicherung.at/ecguide/ fans can already inform themselves of important steps to take in case anything should happen:

LONDON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

ASDA has teamed up with Information TV to broadcast its own programme, called People, Prices, Planet, to everyone with access to Sky Digital. The documentary style programme will be broadcast daily from Tuesday May 6th on Information TV, Sky Digital channel 167 at 21.00hrs Monday to Saturday and on Sundays at 18.30hrs. ASDA is taking advantage of Information TV's innovative business model that allows organisations to broadcast their own programmes on digital television to enhance the effectiveness of their communications.