COPENHAGEN, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Summary: Genmab Initiates a Phase I/II Study of Zalutumumab in Combination With Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer.

Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today it has initiated a Phase I/II study of zalutumumab (HuMax-EGFr(TM)) in combination with radiotherapy for the treatment of advanced head and neck cancer. The study will include a maximum of 36 patients who are ineligible for platinum based chemotherapy.

CARLSBAD, California, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Presentations at Cardiostim World Congress Focus Attention on a New Ablation Technology

Ablation Frontiers, Inc. today announced that two studies reporting positive findings about its novel atrial fibrillation catheter ablation system were presented at this year's Cardiostim World Congress, a premier meeting for physicians that treat cardiac rhythm disorders.

BASEL, Switzerland, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- The following is an op-ed by Frank Waltmann, Head Corporate Learning, Novartis

Corporate philanthropy in Africa can come in many forms. Financial funding and product donations are often heralded, but perhaps its time for other, more specialized forms of giving to take their place in the spotlight -- for instance, skills and leadership training. A recent experience with an African AIDS group provides an example.

In AIDS-ravished Africa, between 15 and 40 percent of all children in the southern countries have lost either one or both parents to this horrific disease. REPSSI is a regional African non-governmental organization that provides programming for children affected by HIV and AIDS, poverty, and conflict.

ANTONY, France, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Stallergenes has been granted with the marketing authorisation for its sublingual desensitisation tablet, Oralair(R) Grasses in adults, by PEI (Paul Ehrlich Institute), the biological branch of the German health agency.

Based on the positive results of the paediatric pivotal study (VO52), Stallergenes will immediately apply for a paediatric extension of the product's indications.

Stallergenes will launch Oralair(R) Grasses in the adult indication on the German market in the coming weeks. The company expects to extend this launch to the paediatric population this year so as to capture the forthcoming prescription period for grass pollen desensitisation in both indications.

NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Awards Target Researchers in Developing Countries and Academic Workplace

The Elsevier Foundation is seeking grant proposals for its Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programs. Grant proposals for the two programs sponsored by Elsevier, a leading global publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, are due by September 15, 2008. The grants will be awarded in December 2008 and provide one, two and three year awards between US$5,000 to US$50,000 per year.

LONDON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons last week passed judgment on one veterinary surgeon, and dismissed the case against another, in an unusual double disciplinary hearing that involved two former colleagues.

The proliferation of voluntary carbon offset programs seems like a great way for individuals to help fight climate change. But do carbon offset programs really work? That's the question for Bill Stanley, Science Lead for Carbon Strategies, Climate Change Team at The Nature Conservancy.

Lawrence Hamilton, of Charlotte, VT, asks:

"Are carbon offset programs and forest protection efforts providing real solutions for reducing global carbon emissions? And how do these programs help reduce pollution from mercury, arsenic and other "baddies" that often accompany carbon emissions?"

Bill Stanley, Science Lead for Carbon Strategies, Climate Change Team, replies:

IRVINE, California and LONDON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Application Jukebox Lite Allows Everyone to Discover the Ease of Creating and Deploying Streamable Applications

Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer in application streaming and virtualization technology today announced Application Jukebox Lite, a free, fully functional version of Application Jukebox, its application streaming and virtualization software. Application Jukebox Lite is available at the TryItNow site (http://tryitnow.endeavors.com), which also includes streamable applications, community forums, FAQs and other information to get you started.

For lemurs, genetic diversity and scent complexity go hand in hand during the breeding season, say researchers from Duke University and the Centre d'écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive (CNRS / Universités Montpellier 1, 2 and 3 / ENSA Montpellier / CIRAD / École pratique des hautes études de Paris).

Male lemurs are able to signal their genetic quality through an olfactory cue. The perfume attracts females and provides the basis for their choice of reproductive partner.

Olfaction, little studied in primates until now (1), is a significant means of communication in certain monkeys, and especially in lemurs. These mammals, which live almost exclusively in Madagascar, include more than thirty species. One of the best known is the ring-tailed lemur, Lemur catta, a highly social species that lives in small, female-dominated groups. In this species, olfactory communication plays an essential role in social relations.

NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Rotating Skyscraper to be Self Powered and Completely Prefabricated

Visionary Italian architect Dr. David Fisher today announced the launch of the revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, to be constructed in Dubai and Moscow with other locations planned worldwide.