BIOCITECH, France, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cellectis SA today announced the signature of an agreement with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. over the use of Cellectis' patents covering certain uses of homologous recombination for the generation of innovative human therapies, including the development of fully human monoclonal antibodies. As part of the agreement, Cellectis will receive an upfront of 12,450,000$ from Regeneron. In addition, Regeneron will invest in Cellectis' equity.

LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the NHS next stage review, Our vision for primary and community care, Howard Duff, Director for England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, said:

"The challenge that this strategy lays down to all healthcare professionals is to help people live healthier lives. Pharmacy is ready to take up this challenge and to play its part in delivering preventative services such as:

- vascular risk assessments - helping people stop smoking - tackling obesity - the management of long-term conditions

LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, the UK's largest union, has expressed outrage and concern at the sudden and unexpected closure today of 28 bed acute Kent Ward at Bridlington Hospital.

Unite official, Terry Cunliffe, has written to Margaret Edwards, Chief Executive of the Yorkshire and Humberside Strategic Health Authority, expressing the union's grave concerns and reminding her that assurances had been given by the outgoing Chief Executive that there would not be any closures due to staff shortages.

Unite is also concerned about the safety of transferring patients that have infections and DVT to a clean surgical ward.

LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ --

An independent review commissioned by Ofgem and prepared by economists at The Brattle Group, with legal input from Simmons & Simmons, has recommended radical reforms to the industry code governance arrangements that set the technical and commercial rules for participation in Great Britain's gas and electricity sectors.

LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Solcara, the market-leading provider of software for the control, management and searching of digital information, announces the appointment of Andrew Yuille as marketing director to the Solcara Board.

Andrew joins Solcara with over 15 years experience in the software and services sectors, gained in senior roles at Rubus, Tetra, The Sage Group and most recently with SmartPoint Technologies and Strategix. Andrew specialises in B2B marketing, targeting organisations in both commercial and public sectors.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has recently unveiled a new integrated desktop marine radar designed to meet the latest International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) performance standards.

PARIS, July 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Largest technology competition in the world kicks off its finals today in Paris.

Competition begins today for 370 students from 61 countries and regions competing for US$240,000 in prize money at the Imagine Cup 2008, an annual competition that gives students round the world the chance to unlock their creative genius and create technology solutions that can help address some of the world's toughest social challenges.

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LONDON, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Software plc, the leading provider of workforce optimisation software applications and rostering solutions in the UK healthcare market, is pleased to announce that Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has selected Manpower Software's MAPS Healthroster solution for nurse rostering, with the intention of Trust-wide rollout to over 2,000 staff.

NAPA, California, July 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Senetek PLC (OTC Bulletin Board: SNKTY), a Life Sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging, today announced termination of the Invicorp(R) License Agreement with Ardana Bioscience Limited ("Ardana"). The Agreement was a license to manufacture, market, sell and distribute Invicorp(R) in Europe and was terminated pursuant to the Company's contractual rights, precipitated by Ardana's entry into voluntary administration on June 27, 2008.

We learned from the prior blog that the Sun is much too bright for normal viewing with our sensitive eyes. A white “color” results when we observe objects that are both extremely bright and bright at all or most visible wavelengths. Please allow me to elaborate a little more on this issue.