Many studies have been published that link specific “biomarkers” − genes, mRNA or proteins − with an aspect of cancer development or treatment, and the results often appear to be statistically valid, said the lead author of an article in Nature Reviews Cancer. Robert Clarke, Ph.D., D.Sc., is professor of oncology and physiology & biophysics at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at GUMC, where he co-directs the Breast Cancer Program.

“But it is not clear that that solution is complete or is necessarily correct. It may be partly right and may be intuitively pleasing because you are getting what you expected to see from an experiment.

SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 27 /PRNewswire/ --

WeatherBill (www.weatherbill.com), the world's only online service that allows businesses to protect revenue and control costs from the impact of bad weather, today announced the release of a new study analyzing the impact of weather on film box office revenue. The study found that top ten box office films earn significantly less -- up to a third lower -- on warmer weekends than on average or dry ones. The full study can be downloaded at http://www.weatherbill.com/reports/boxofficeweather and a summary is available at http://www.weatherbill.com/reports/boxofficeweather-summary.

HICKORY, North Carolina, December 27 /PRNewswire/ --

CommScope, Inc. (NYSE: CTV) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Andrew Corporation (Nasdaq: ANDW) for a total purchase price of approximately US$2.65 billion. As of today, Andrew will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of CommScope.

The annual America’s Most Literate Cities ranking, published today in “USA Today,” measures the cultural resources for reading in America’s largest cities. It names Minneapolis, Seattle, St. Paul, Denver, Washington, DC, St. Louis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Boston as the most literate US cities, in that order.

The survey ranks cities (population of 250,000 and above) based on 6 key indicators of literacy: newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment, and internet resources.

This is the fifth year the study has been conducted, and its author, Central Connecticut State University President Dr.

'Flag waving' is often considered a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance.

HOUSTON, December 27 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV) today announced that Aker Exploration AS will acquire an interest in production license PL 304, located in block 25/10 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) in the North Sea. Aker Exploration will supply the Aker Barents semi-submersible rig to drill the Aegis prospect in PL 304.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to one-third of the population in the United States is obese and another third is overweight.

Excessive weight gain is elicited by alterations in energy balance, the finely modulated equilibrium between caloric intake and expenditure. But what are the factors that determine how much food is consumed?

Part of the mystery is unfolding in the laboratory of Maribel Rios, PhD, at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. Through their work, Rios and colleagues have demonstrated for the first time that a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is critical in mediating satiety in adult mice.

GIBRALTAR, December 27 /PRNewswire/ -- PartyBets.com is pleased to release odds for the PartyPoker.com Irish Poker Championship, Europe's first major tournament of 2008. The tournament will be held at the fabulous Radisson Hotel & Spa, Galway, Ireland, from Jan 4 to Jan 6, 2008. The PokerEvents.ie organized event is the first major sponsorship in Ireland by PartyPoker.com.

A spokesman for PartyBets.com said: "Early money has come for Joe Beevers and Julian Gardner but that's no surprise considering both made the final of Poker Million and are seen to be in form. Others seen as frontrunners by the bookmakers include Bruno Fitoussi, Roy Brindley and Marcel Luske."

LONDON, December 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Slim Aid Lends a Hand to Dieters This New Year

Feeling fat and sluggish? About to embark on a January detox? Are you really prepared for what lies ahead? With so many dieters giving up within days Femmeherb's Slim Aid offers a solution to stop you falling at the first hurdle.

Slim Aid is a medically-licensed herbal remedy used as an aid to slimming, created by women for women. The herbs used in Slim Aid are carefully selected and widely recognised for their effectiveness designed to help dieters keep dropping the pounds along the way.

HATBORO, Pennsylvania, December 27 /PRNewswire/ --

It was announced today that the International Gaming Conference & Expo (IGCE) has decided to extend a Christmas present to attendees that register for their IGCE '08 conference slated for Lisbon, Portugal April 22-24. IGCE is the conference division of The Sports Network, the premiere real-time sports wire service in the United States.