ATLANTA, January 20 /PRNewswire/ --

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. ("CeloNova"), leading and accelerating healthcare solutions through the provision and development of innovative medical devices, has released data from THE SPHERE, an 11 center, 8 country European study of uterine fibroid embolization using the Company's Embozene(TM) Microspheres. The study results were reported at the 20th Annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

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ATLANTA, January 20 /PRNewswire/ --

CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. ("CeloNova"), leading and accelerating healthcare solutions through the development of innovative medical devices, today announced breakthrough results from the ATLANTA study of the CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System with NanoThin Polyzene(R)-F at the 20th Annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET).

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Corn can grow in many places but from a nutritional point of view, its fiber benefits are offset by its poor vitamin content.

Deficiencies in vitamin A cause eye diseases, including blindness, in 40 million children annually, and increased health risks for about 250 million people, mostly in developing countries.

It makes sense to find ways to improve corn planting so that corn with more nutritional value will be in use and a team of researchers say they have done just that. This is not genetic modification of corn, this is a tool that analyzes "the genetic makeup of corn that will enable developing countries to identify and increase cultivation of corn that has naturally high levels of vitamin A precursors," says Ed Buckler, a co-leader of the research team from the U.S.

Yes, you read that right. I said Blu-ray. Ever since the defection of Warner Bros. from HD-DVD to Blu-ray a few days before the Consumer Electronics Show(CES), every expert who knows anything at all about this industry has predicted the demise of HD-DVD. And they're wrong.

The most important reason is that no one is an expert on the high-definition marketplace. The industry barely even exists so people making projections based on expert knowledge of laser disc or DVD figures are only slightly more accurate than Voodoo shamen sorting chicken bones. You just can't rely on recent sales in a nascent industry and extrapolate a projection from it. Projections about what people will or will not do at this stage are even less accurate than political exit polls.

My thoughts are not based on any secret knowledge of the DVD marketplace but I have a pretty good knowledge of business. Absent an overwhelming leap in technology from Blu-ray some time soon, here are my reasons HD-DVD will win:

A non-invasive diagnostic tool to detect surface cancers quickly and painlessly using technology currently employed by gyms to calculate body composition has been developed by a QUT PhD medical physics researcher.

Jye Smith from QUT’s School of Physical and Chemical Sciences has developed a new diagnostic technique using bioimpedance spectroscopy to diagnose cervical and skin cancers. Bioimpedance measures the electrical characteristics of biological tissue and is used by gyms to calculate amounts of lean tissue, water and fat.

Do antioxidant supplements reduce the risk of cancer and deaths related to cancer?

While some trials have suggested that antioxidants have beneficial effects, results from other trials have been negative. It has been unclear which antioxidant compounts are more beneficial (or more harmful), and how individual antioxidants affect target organs and specific patient populations. To examine these issues, Mayo researchers writing in Mayo Clinic Proceedings conducted a systematic review on the topic.

A study led by McGill University researchers has demonstrated that small differences between individuals at the DNA level can lead to dramatic differences in the way genes produce proteins. These, in turn, are responsible for the vast array of differences in physical characteristics between individuals.

The study was originally initiated by Dr. Tom Hudson, former director of the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, and drew upon the data collected by the vast HapMap (Haplotype Map) Project, a global comparative map of the human genome, which Hudson and his colleagues were instrumental in completing.

I first became interested in genome size because of its tie-ins with important evolutionary questions in which I was (and still am) interested, such as punctuated vs. gradual patterns, levels of selection, and adaptive vs. non-adaptive processes. What I didn't realize was that one component of the question, the quantity of DNA that is non-functional (but not necessarily inconsequential) with regard to the phenotype of the organism, is such a hot-button issue. I had vague inklings at first that young-earth creationists would object to the idea of non-functional DNA -- because God, as they say, don't make no junk. (Why intelligent design proponents, who purport to take a strictly scientific view of the question, also assume that non-coding DNA cannot be non-functional remains unstated). And of course there has always been a persistent undertone in biology that non-coding DNA must be doing something or it would have been deleted. This latter view, which derives directly from a hardcore adaptationist approach, destroys the argument by creationists that "Darwinism" has prevented researchers from considering functions for non-coding DNA.

LONDON, January 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Saturday 19th January 2008 is The Great British Light Switch. In just 24 hours over two million people will receive a twin-pack of energy-saving lights free from Southern Electric.

These lights will potentially cut total CO2 emissions by over 350,000 tonnes and save Britons up to GBP20.25million per year on energy bills. Changing all the lights in the average home means households could save up to GBP600 over the bulbs' lifetime.

"The Great British Light Switch campaign is a moment in time when people can act together and make a real difference to cutting carbon emissions," commented Nic Frances, CEO, Cool nrg.

Excavation works carried out by national and foreign archeological teams in the central Syrian Governorate of Hama has yielded several important findings in Tal al-Homsi, Apamea, al-Rawda, Ba'arin Cemetery, Tal al-Qarqour.

The teams also executed many restoration works in the ancient Shaizar Castle.

Head of Hama Department of Ruins Jamal Ramadan said significant parts of Apamea ancient city were unearthed, particularly in the northeastern corners, as well as discovering some findings including a stone statue with intact face.

Mr. Ramadan added that the Syrian-German crew discovered a stone statue of a lioness which was the Symbol of Mamlouki state.