Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they have helped develop a new genomic test that can help clinicians predict which breast cancer patients are most likely to survive the disease and which treatments may be most effective in increasing those chances of survival.

By specifically measuring the activity level of a small subset of the 20,000 plus genes that may be “turned on” or “turned off” within each tumor, this genomic test can give patients a more accurate picture of how their disease might progress.

Coming up on Darwin's birthday, a lot is written about natural selection by non-biologists because opponents of evolution prefer to believe that biology stopped in 1859.  Criticizing Darwin and Natural Selection is a lot easier if you ignore the 20th and 21st centuries.

And that's okay, if the goal is a culture war rather than a science discussion, because even in Darwin's time it wasn't all balloons and ponies for Natural Selection.  It was years later that evolutionary biology got help from an understanding of genetics and Natural Selection became accepted after rigorous scientific investigation.  
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IRVINE, California, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

VXI Technology, Inc. announced today that it has changed its name to VTI Instruments Corporation to more completely represent the applications and markets that it serves.

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While we continue to be the leading supplier of VXIbus products, our development efforts focus on several industry standards that each have a long history of stability and backward compatibility, said Paul Dhillon, President and CEO. Changing our name is the natural next step for the company since it allows potential customers to better understand VTI's capabilities. It is an exciting time for VTI as we further expand our customer base worldwide.

LONDON, February 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmacists will gain access to a patient's Care Record for the first time under plans by NHS IT chiefs. Access has previously been limited to GPs.

In a key step towards Government proposals for pharmacies to take on more clinical work, pilots are being considered in community pharmacies across the country.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's Director of Policy and Communications, David Pruce said:

Pharmacists are highly trained healthcare professionals, with unique expertise in medicines use. Community pharmacists are highly accessible to the public, and well-placed to provide a range of healthcare services.

MUNICH, Germany, February 11 /PRNewswire/ -- As a leading supplier of test and measurement solutions for wireless communications, Rohde Schwarz will showcase its MIMO, 3GPP LTE, HSPA+, WiMAX(TM) and Edge Evolution products at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (hall 1, booth D59).

WARREN, New Jersey, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Additional New Indications Covers Range of Difficult-to-Treat and Complex Patients

The CYPHER SELECT(R) Plus Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent has received CE marking within the European Union (EU) for treatment of patients with diabetes, a complex and often difficult-to-treat patient population. CE marking means conformity to the applicable European Directive and in the specific context of diabetes, permits the CYPHER SELECT(R) Plus stent to be marketed for the treatment of diabetes in all Member States of the European Union.

STOCKHOLM, February 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will perform the first-ever demonstration of the new HSPA multi-carrier technology for peak downlink data rates of 42Mbps at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Australian operator Telstra, currently pioneering HSPA downlink data rates of up to 21Mbps in their Next G(TM) commercial network, welcomes the demonstration of the multi-carrier technology, which will significantly improve consumer experience in the entire network coverage area.

NEW YORK, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The Court-ordered process of officially notifying authors, publishers, and other copyright-holders about the landmark Google Book Search class-action settlement is underway.

Authors and publishers throughout the world are receiving detailed information about their legal rights and options by email and postal mail. A Summary Notice is being published in 218 countries and 72 languages, which complements the mailed notice program. Class members should visit http://www.googlebooksettlement.com for complete information, including the Notice of Class Action Settlement, and key dates.

LONDON, February 11 /PRNewswire/ -- VocaLink, the payment transaction specialist, announced today that it has successfully completed a first SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) pilot with participation from ABN, BAWAG P.S.K., The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and a number of their corporate customers.

CHICAGO, February 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unique approach offers unparalleled range of content and handset support

Building upon Novarra's industry-leading Vision mobile internet and multimedia platform, the company adds support for web widgets to further accelerate mobile data usage and revenue. The broad reaching solution enhances and/or enables widgets on emerging market handsets, mass-market feature phones and smartphones. Additionally, multiple widget frameworks that follow W3C guidelines like Nokia Webkit and Opera Widgets are finally all accessible through the single Novarra platform.