Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that field mice have evolved a unique way of ensuring faster fertilization, a phenomenon which could explain some cases of infertility in humans.

The team, in collaboration with Charles University, Prague, found that field mice sacrifice some of their immunity protection in favor of a more rapid fertilization process. This occurs due to the absence of a protein, called CD46. Present in both animals and humans, it helps protect the body’s cells from attack by its immune system. Over time, field mice have lost the ability to produce this protein, resulting in instability of a cap-like structure, called the acrosome, present over the head of the sperm.

IRVINE, California and LONDON, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Logibanque Solution Helps Groupe Moniteur Quickly Evolve to SaaS Offering

Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology, and its parent company, Tadpole Technology plc, today announced Wallace Systems has incorporated AppExpress into its Logibanque software distribution and management system. Wallace Systems has implemented its first large-scale deployment of Logibanque at Groupe Moniteur in France, enabling Groupe Moniteur to immediately offer its extensive information catalogs via a web-based system and avoid a time consuming, expensive move to web 2.0 technologies.

LONDON, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

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LONDON, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Ellen Thomas, best known for her role as Liz Webbe in the Channel 4 hit series Teachers, will be a celebrity judge for a new GBP10,000 Creme of Nature Community Grant Award scheme; available to African Caribbean organisations or groups, working with black women in the UK. The application process, which launched in November 2007, is already under-way with a deadline for receipt of applications set for 31st January 2008.

MONTREAL and CAMBRIDGE, England, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Phase of Development of Product to Reduce Risk of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease From Plasma Product Completed on Schedule

- Scale-Up Phase Worth US$1 M to ProMetic

- Multi-Million Dollar Long-Term Agreement to Supply Prion Removal Affinity Resin Following Regulatory Approval Anticipated by Mid-2008

BANGALORE, India, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- GlobalEdge Enhances its Design Capabilities in Delivering Residential and SOHO CPE Solutions

GlobalEdge Software Ltd., a leading embedded software solutions and services company today announced its partnership with Mindspeed(R) Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, to deliver high performance software solutions around Mindspeed's Comcerto(R) broadband gateway processors.

CALGARY, Canada, January 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX: AXC and LSE: AXC) ("Addax Petroleum" or the "Corporation") will host a management presentation to financial analysts and investors on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in New York City. The Corporation's senior management team, including Mr. Jean Claude Gandur, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. James Pearce, Chief Operating Officer, and Mr. Michael Ebsary, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Corporation's most recent operating results and expectations regarding future operations.

The Capital Markets Day presentation materials will be available on the Corporation's website at http://www.addaxpetroleum.com and the event will be available by webcast with the following details:

People love to find things on Mars. Sometimes it's a face, and sometimes it's a really happy face. Other times it's pyramids or even DNA.

This time, it's Bigfoot.

The Mars exploration rover, Spirit, took this picture in late 2007. Launched in June, 2003, Spirit is a solar-powered explorer that is walking along the surface of Mars to see what we can learn about its geological history.

BERLIN, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Slovenian government hail the agreement as a milestone for regional cooperation and development.

LONDON, United Kingdom, January 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest funding for Master Data Management software leader to support additional European expansion and channel and product development

Siperian, Inc - developer of the market-leading master data management (MDM) platform - today announced that it has closed an oversubscribed US$25 million Series E financing. Led by new investor, Investor Growth Capital (IGC), and with participation from 100 percent of Siperian's existing investors, the funding will be used to continue the Siperian's European expansion, accelerate channel development and further advance development of Siperian MDM Hub(TM). In conjunction with this financing, Noah Walley, Managing Director at IGC, has joined Siperian's Board of Directors.

Malaria is a leading killer in Africa and other developing countries, claiming more than 1 million lives each year, most of them children.

A small clinical trial conducted by an international team of researchers in Mali has found that a candidate malaria vaccine was safe and elicited strong immune responses in the 40 Malian adults who received it.

The trial was the first to test this vaccine candidate, which is designed to block the malaria parasite from entering human blood cells, in a malaria-endemic country. Based on these promising results, the research team is now conducting trials of this vaccine in 400 Malian children aged 1 to 6 years.