AURORA, Ontario, November 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Helix BioPharma Corp. (TSX, FSE: HBP) has filed a Form 20-F Registration Statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, to register its common shares with the SEC.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

CAS REGISTRY, the world's most authoritative collection of disclosed chemical substance information, now includes 40 million organic and inorganic substances. CAS Registry Number(R) 1073662-18-6 recently was assigned to an azulenobenzofuran derivative.

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The 40 millionth substance was identified by a team of CAS scientists, C.H. Oh, J.H. Lee, S.J. Lee, J.I. Kim, and C.S. Hong. The journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition published their findings on November 21, 2008.

I’ve recently touched on the delicate topic of human nature. Now it's the turn of the even more inflammatory subject of race. The occasion is provided by a short commentary in Science (1), reporting on a meeting of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The reason that meeting was contentious is because of increasingly common research on differences in the genetic susceptibility to diseases among human populations, where “population” is often a thinly veiled synonym for race.

Every type of disease has a specific treatment program. We have drugs to treat symptoms of countless illnesses and maladies, but viral infections continue to elude treatment. While we have vaccines to prevent initial infection of some viruses and other medications to treat problematic symptoms, there is little one can do to prevent a virus from replicating and causing disease. Viral infections can be lethal and without treatment options, we are left with our own natural defenses to fight off viral invaders. This is about to change.

LONDON, November 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey by Luxardo sambuca reveals that northern cities have the most to offer for a top night out. The initiative is one of the first to use social networking sites exclusively for its data capture. Out of 20 cities, Manchester came first and Newcastle followed, based on the number of votes received. Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Nottingham, Plymouth, Wakefield and Wolverhampton (not ranked here) also gained enthusiastic support. Encouraging spontaneity, responses via Facebook and MySpace were sought from 18 to 30 year olds, as they were invited to join the debate and nominate their own city or another. Some 1800 comments were received between April and November 2008.

LONDON, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- News in Brief

'Information is the lifeblood of the modern organisation', says Global Business Information Forum Keynote Speaker Stephen Phillips.

DENVER, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

CQG, Inc. is pleased to announce a new network of hosted direct market access gateways designed to reduce electronic trading latency for its global customer base. The new infrastructure features exchange gateways in Chicago, London, Singapore, and Sydney.

CQG's hosted execution network is designed to take advantage of exchange proximity, providing traders access to local markets with the lowest possible latency while maintaining access to global markets via CQG's fault-tolerant backbone.

CAMPIA TURZII, Romania, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, made a working visit to Mechel's Romanian steel subsidiary, Mechel Campia Turzii.

The visit of the Romanian President took place on November 21, 2008, as part of his program of visiting Romania's major enterprises to get a firsthand acquaintance with their operations in the current economic situation. President Basescu was interested in the affairs at the plant and the possible support required to the plant from the government.

FREMONT, California, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

AlertEnterprise has won the prestigious 2008 SAP Demo Jam competition with its AlertAction software which monitors physical and IT access events, detects potential security threats and enables real-time response. Demo Jam, held this year in India at SAP(R) TechEd 2008 Bangalore, is an annual competition that showcases new and exciting technologies. Of the thousands of SAP client and partner organizations invited to submit demos, six finalists were selected to deliver live presentations to an audience of over 1,000 technologists. The AlertAction demo won by audience acclaim.

MERIGNAC, France, November 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cortix has Confirmed its Position as a Competitive and Innovative Company!

- Grand Ouest Awards on 18 November 2008 in Nantes/National Awards on 1 December in Paris