LONDON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Morria Biopharmaceuticals Plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel anti-inflammatory drugs, today announced that it has initiated a Phase II equivalent study of MRX-4, in a nasal aerosol formulation, in 105 patients suffering from allergic rhinitis (AR). The two-arm, randomized, multi-dose, double-blind, placebo-controlled study includes Rhinocort(R) as the steroid comparator arm. The study is expected to be completed by the end of Q3 2008.

LONDON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to reduce the amount of time spent travelling to and from meetings and enable colleagues to be more productive with their time, Sainsbury's Logistics Division, has selected BCS Global to supply the very latest visual communications technology. By using BCS Global's IP video conferencing solution, Virtual Presence, in ten locations across the UK, the Sainsbury's Logistics division plans to utilise new channels for collaboration, reduce the hassle of scheduling meetings and introduce new ways of working that support its CSR principles.

A new study of African lions says climate extremes, which would include the increased frequency of droughts and floods predicted by global warming models, can create conditions in which diseases that are tolerated individually might converge and cause mass extinction of livestock or wildlife.

The study suggests that extreme climatic conditions are capable of altering normal host-pathogen relationships and causing a "perfect storm" of multiple infectious outbreaks that could trigger epidemics with catastrophic mortality.

Led by scientists at the University of California, Davis, the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota, the research team examined outbreaks of canine distemper virus (CDV) in 1994 and 2001 that resulted in unusually high mortality of lions in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. CDV periodically strikes these ecosystems, and most epidemics have caused little or no harm to the lions.

LONDON and BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Hotech Edge, a leader in wireless building management networks, has developed and implemented a range of innovative wire-free building security and energy conservation applications for the hospitality industry based on Ember's ZigBee networking technology.

Hotech Edge's G-Mesh networks cover entire buildings in a wireless mesh infrastructure for real-time online management of digital guest safes, door-locks, climate control and other devices. The ZigBee-enabled system improves guest services, automates building management, reduces operational and energy costs, and creates new revenue opportunities for hotels and student residences.

FREMONT, California, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Fully-Buffered 800MHz 4GB DIMM Kit Joins Corsair Mac Memory Line

Corsair(R) http://www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced today the launch of their new Mac Memory kits made especially for the newest Mac Pro desktop systems. The new Corsair Mac Memory kits are fully-buffered 800MHz solutions, available immediately in 4GB (2 x 2GB modules) DIMM kits.

Utilizing Mac Pro-specific heat sinks and performance IC's, these new memory modules help unleash the high performance potential of Mac Pro desktop platforms. All Corsair Mac memory modules are qualified at Apple Test Labs in California and are 100% compatibility-guaranteed with a lifetime warranty.

ROUSSET, France, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Extends Atmel's Market-leading AT91SAM Microcontrollers to Next-generation ARM Technology

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today that it has licensed the ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 32-bit RISC processor for the next generation of its market-leading AT91SAM ARM technology-based microcontrollers. This reinforces Atmel's commitment to the ARM architecture, complementing its existing licenses for the ARM7TDMI(R), ARM926EJ-S(TM) and ARM1176JZ-S(TM) processors.

LONDON and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Increasing International Demand for Mazu Profiler Catalyst for European Presence and Regional Partnerships -

Mazu Networks, the leading provider of behavior-based, enterprise-class performance and availability solutions, today announced expansion into Europe by establishing a local presence in London and signing strategic partnerships with three leading integrators: Kisdata and Solution Centre in the UK and Nomios in France. Through its London-based office, Mazu Networks can better meet the increasing international demand for Mazu Profiler, the only performance and availability solution based on Network Behavior Analysis (NBA).

ROUSSET, France, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- AT73C237 Integrates 4 Linear Regulators in a 3mm x 3mm QFN Package

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the release of its AT73C237 Power Management Unit (PMU) compatible with a 5V input supply and generating four regulated output voltages, with programmable output voltage selection and output current up to 70mA.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins say that epigenetic marks on DNA - chemical marks other than the DNA sequence - do indeed change over a person's lifetime, and that the degree of change is similar among family members.

The team suggests that overall genome health is heritable and that epigenetic changes occurring over one's lifetime may explain why disease susceptibility increases with age, they say in their article in the June 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

If epigenetics does contribute to such diseases through interaction with environment or aging, says Andrew P. Feinberg, M.D., M.P.H, a professor of molecular biology and genetics and director of the Epigenetics Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a person's epigenetic marks would change over time. So his team embarked on an international collaboration to see if that was true. They focused on methylation-one particular type of epigenetic mark, where chemical methyl groups are attached to DNA.

REDWOOD CITY, California, June 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Industry analyst firm MSearchGroove discusses how service providers and mobile operators can compete and win against the Internet giants

Market trends are converging to create a major opportunity for service providers and mobile operators -- mobile email for the mass market. To seize this opportunity, service providers can deploy a solution that is based on open source for the broadest device compatibility, and supported by advertising to foster adoption among cost-conscious users. This is the key message in a new white paper released by Funambol, Inc., the leading provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source.