A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created the method say tests of data from bird flu and seasonal flu outbreaks suggest their method can better gauge the efficacy of proposed vaccines than can tests used today.

NEWNAN, Georgia, March 16 /PRNewswire/ --

The CATANIA(TM) Coronary Stent System with NanoThin Polyzene(R)-F offers sustained benefit in the treatment of de novo coronary lesions and maximizes endothelialization, while reducing restenosis, thrombogenicity, and the need for long-term dual-antiplatelet therapy. The CATANIA(TM) Stent may be an alternative to both BMS and DES. These conclusions, based on 12-month data from the ATLANTA Trial, were published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Madison, WI, March 16, 2009 -- One of the most significant developments in agricultural growth in modern times has been the continuous and substantial increase in corn yield over the past 80 years in the U.S. Corn Belt.

This extraordinary yield advance has been associated with both breeding of improved hybrids and the ability to grow them at increased density. In a new study, published in the January-February issue of Crop Science, researchers have investigated the importance of the effects of leaves and roots on this dramatic increase in yield in the U.S. Corn Belt, and have found that the root structure may be the key to understanding how these crops have grown so efficient.

CALI, Colombia, March 16 /PRNewswire/ --

New exciting proof that Cleopatra was of African descent and killed her sister!

Really?

Yes, if you believe the BBC. The story, reported by AFP, the Times, and the Daily Telegraph, goes like this: In the 1920s a tomb at Ephesus in Turkey was opened which contained a single skeleton. The skull was removed, measured, and subsequently lost. More recently, a team of Austrian archaeologists have reexamined what's left of the skeleton, determining it to be the body of an apparently healthy young
female.

NEWARK, New Jersey, March 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Binary Tree's CMT Universal 2.7.1 Further Enhances the Fidelity for Migrating Email and Calendars, and Now Fully Supports Migrations to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS Standard BPOS Dedicated)

Binary Tree announced today a new version of its market-leading email migration software, CMT Universal. The latest release of the IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange email calendar migration product, CMT Universal 2.7.1, adds new features for improved calendar and email fidelity as well as support for migrating IBM Lotus Notes messaging systems to Microsoft Exchange Online within the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).

LONDON and MILAN, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Buongiorno S.p.A. (MTA STAR, Borsa Italiana: BNG), a leading multinational in digital entertainment, have today approved the preliminary financial statements for 2008, prepared in accordance with the IAS/IFRS.

NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Volante solutions for SWIFT messages include pre-built MT-MX coexistence, plus support for SEPA and other payments standards

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania and DUBLIN, Ireland, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY) announces that it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York against Barr Laboratories, Inc. (Barr) for infringement of three of Shire's patents: U.S. Patent No. 5,968,976 ('976 Patent);U.S. Patent No. 7,381,428 ('428); and U.S. Patent No. 7,465,465 ('465).

The lawsuit was filed in response to an ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Applications) filed by Barr seeking FDA approval to market and sell generic versions of Shire's 500 mg, 750 mg, and 1 g FOSRENOL(R) (Lanthanum Carbonate) products.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 16 /PRNewswire/ --

Mobile penetration in Kenya's telecom market will grow by 95 percent over the next five years, a market growth that will reflect intense competition among network operators and lead to a rapid uptake of mobile data services, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).