WASHINGTON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Additional Data Presentation Shows Encouraging 12-Month Outcomes from Single-Center Study Involving Patients with Predominantly Complex Lesions

OrbusNeich today announced that an interim analysis of 12-month follow-up data from the global e-HEALING registry show good safety and efficacy in the real-world use of the company's Genous Bio-engineered R stent.

SAN JOSE, California and BANGALORE, India, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- One of the World's Smallest Open-Source, IPv6-Ready Protocol Stack Enables Cost-Effective Deployment of Sensor-Based 'Smart' Objects

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), Cisco and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) today announced the availability of uIPv6, one of the world's smallest open-source, IPv6-ready protocol stack, which could enable every device, no matter how limited by power or memory to have an Internet Protocol address.

ASCOT, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, have started work on a 3.5 year project to develop a novel solid-state laser design incorporating CVD (chemical vapour deposition) diamond manufactured by Element Six Ltd. Element Six leads the world in the field of CVD diamond synthesis and its application.

BRACKNELL, England, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Baxa introduces new line of sterile, pre-filled saline syringes for safe and efficient flushing of IV lines. The ZR syringes meet NHS standards and promote best practice for catheter care.

LONDON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- XLN Telecom - the UK's leading telecoms company serving the small business community - has been ranked above both BT and TalkTalk by Topcomm. Topcomm measures key performance indicators such as delivering on-time orders, providing accurate billing and promptly handling and resolving complaints and faults.

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Five Research Teams Selected to Receive Funding for Preclinical and Clinical Research Projects in Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Deficits and Mood Disorders

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) awarded a total of $2 million to five research teams to speed development of effective therapies for the under-addressed cognitive and mood-related symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The award was made possible by leadership funding from Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

LENEXA, Kansas, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Today, SpreadsheetGear LLC announced the immediate availability of SpreadsheetGear 2008. With one safe managed assembly, SpreadsheetGear 2008 enables developers to easily add scalable ASP.NET Excel Reporting, dynamic Dashboards from Excel Charts and Ranges, powerful Windows Forms Spreadsheet Controls, comprehensive Excel Compatible Charting, the fastest and most complete Excel Compatible Calculations and much more.

NEW YORK, October 14 /PRNewswire/ -- RavenPack International, a leading global provider of news analytics technology and content, today announced the appointment of Don Williams as Managing Director, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Welcoming Mr. Williams to RavenPack, Armando Gonzalez CEO and President of RavenPack said, "We are pleased to have Don on board with us to drive our sales and marketing initiatives forward. The addition of Don strengthens the leadership team at RavenPack and we are looking forward to tapping his broad experience in providing technology and content solutions to financial markets."

LONDON, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- Digital Agency Rufus Leonard Deploys NTT Europe Online's Hosted Virtualization Solution - Cutting Website Development Time in Half and Dramatically Improving its Service Offering

Rufus Leonard (http://www.rufusleonard.com/), a leading digital marketing agency, is using NTT Europe Online's (http://www.ntteuropeonline.com/) managed virtualization service to dramatically reduce the cost and time associated with developing, testing and launching its clients' websites, giving it clear competitive advantage and greater agility.

The discovery of the earliest known cases of human tuberculosis (TB) in bones found submerged off the coast of Israel shows that the disease is 3000 years older than previously thought. Direct examination of this ancient DNA confirms the latest theory that bovine TB evolved later than human TB.

The new research sheds light on how the TB bacterium has evolved over the millennia and increases our understanding of how it may change in the future.

The bones, thought to be of a mother and baby, were excavated from Alit-Yam, a 9000 year-old Pre-Pottery Neolithic village, which has been submerged off the coast of Haifa, Israel for thousands of years. Professor Israel Hershkovitz, from Tel-Aviv University's Department of Anatomy, noticed the characteristic bone lesions that are signs of TB in skeletons from the settlement, one of the earliest with evidence of domesticated cattle.