READING, England, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- To Protect and Ensure Secure, Reliable Access to its IT Infrastructure

DediPower, one of the UK's fastest growing managed hosting providers, has been selected by Fortent, Inc. to provide its co-location requirements in DediPower's Thames Valley Hosting Centre.

FRIMLEY, England, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- RECORD-1 trial shows RAD001 reduces risk of disease progression by 70%(1) - Exceptional interim results caused independent data monitoring committee to immediately share findings; patients on placebo offered RAD001(2) - RAD001 is first and only drug to date to show significant benefit after failure of approved therapies Sutent(R) (sunitinib), or Nexavar(R) (sorafenib),** with potential to address unmet medical need(1) - Once-daily oral RAD001 directly targets and continuously inhibits mTOR, a protein that controls tumour cell division and blood vessel growth(1)

New data show RAD001 (everolimus) may provide an important new treatment option for patients with advanced kidney cancer who have failed standard therapies.

WARREN, New Jersey, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- ACA2420 Combines High Output Power and Low Distortion

ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), today launched the ACA2420 power doubler line amplifier, a high output power device designed to ensure optimal video and data delivery in deep fiber HFC architectures and other cable TV deployments that minimize the use of cascaded system amplifiers.

BASINGSTOKE, England and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- First and Only Treatment for Hunter Syndrome Now Approved in 40 Countries Worldwide

ESO's VLT has allowed astronomers to determine that WOH G64, a red supergiant star almost 2,000 times as large as our Sun located 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, weighs almost half of what was previously thought, thereby solving the mystery of its existence.

The behemoth star is found to be surrounded by a massive and thick torus of gas and dust, and is most likely experiencing unstable, violent mass loss.

"Previous estimates gave an initial mass of 40 times the mass of the Sun to WOH G64. But this was a real problem as it was way too cold, compared to what theoretical models predict for such a massive star. Its existence couldn't be explained," says Keiichi Ohnaka, who led the work on this object.

In 2001, the DNA sequence was published of a combination of persons. The DNA sequences of Jim Watson, discoverer of the DNA’s double helix structure, followed in 2007, and later the DNA of gene hunter Craig Venter. Recently the completion of the sequences of two Yoruba Africans was announced.

Now geneticists of Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) in The Netherlands have determined the first DNA sequence of a woman - and also the first European. This has been announced by the researchers this morning, during a special press conference at ‘Bessensap’, a yearly meeting of scientists and the press in the Netherlands.

Following in-depth analysis, the sequence will be made public, except incidental privacy-sensitive findings. The results will contribute to insights into human genetic diversity.

Who is Marjolein Kriek?

When patches of red, flaky and itchy skin on newborn mice led rapidly to their deaths, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis looked for the reason why. What they found was a molecular alarm system that serves as a sentinel to monitor the integrity of skin — the body's essential protective barrier.

The fatal effects of raising this alarm in the lab mice suggests generally that certain kinds of impairments to the skin's structure can potentially trigger harmful effects in other areas of the body, according to the researchers.

The research team found that the mice's irritated skin produced an alarm signal in the form of a natural inflammatory substance called TSLP (thymic stromal lymphopoietin), which launched a massive overproduction of white blood cells and ultimately killed the mice.

There was no significant increase in the prevalence of obese children and teens in the U.S. between 1999 and 2006, in contrast to the increase that had been reported in prior years, according to a study in the May 28 issue of JAMA.

“In the United States, the prevalence of overweight among children increased between 1980 and 2004, and the heaviest children have been getting heavier,” the authors write.

Cynthia L. Ogden, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hyattsville, Md., and colleagues updated the most recent national estimates of the prevalence of pediatric high body mass index (BMI). Height and weight measurements were obtained from 8,165 children and adolescents as part of the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which are nationally representative surveys of the U.S. population.

WASHINGTON and GENEVA, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- Five-Year Dual Bachelor & MBA Program Provides Customized Global Education to Students Worldwide

Potomac College of Washington, DC and University of Business and International Studies (UBIS) of Geneva Switzerland, today announced their five-year International Bachelor/MBA FastTrak Program. The international business degree is designed to provide students with a dynamic and flexible curriculum while studying in two centers of international politics and business: Washington, DC and Geneva, Switzerland. The program also allows students to take online classes from any location in the world.

Poor blood vessel function is recognized as an early stage indicator of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. For more than 20 million Americans living with diabetes, these vascular impairments can eventually lead to heart disease and stroke, the cause of death for two-thirds of those who suffer from diabetes. Despite good diabetes control and medical treatment, adults with the disease often continue to experience vascular dysfunction. This has led scientists on a search for novel medical or nutritional options to improve the health and quality of life for people with diabetes.

Scientists funded by Mars, Inc. have determined that a cocoa flavanol-rich beverage made using the Mars Cocoapro® process experienced a 30 percent improvement in measured vessel function at the completion of a 30-day trial. Consuming a cocoa flavanol-rich beverage daily may have the potential to positively impact the blood vessel dysfunction associated with diabetes, they say.

The flavanol in cocoa is not to be confused with another compound spelled flavonol, which is found in some onions, grapes and green tea.