LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Application Connects Mobile, Online Communities, Social Networks - All in One Place

Nimbuzz (http://www.nimbuzz.com) today announces the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with "free calls, chat and more." Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace.

A new study released today in the online edition of Physiological Genomics finds that individuals with a specific genetic variation consistently consume more sugary foods. The study offers the first evidence of the role that a variation in the GLUT2 gene – a gene that controls sugar entry into the cells – has on sugar intake, and may help explain individual preferences for foods high in sugar.

Summary of the Study

Food preferences are influenced by the environment as well as genetics. Cravings for foods high in sugar vary from person to person, but the reasons why are still unclear. To better understand the mechanism, the research team examined the effect of a common variation in a gene that controls the entry of sugar (glucose) into cells.

NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Separate Editions Deliver Specialized Pre-Market Content to Corporate Bond, Eurobond & Emerging Market Professionals Who Use the MarketAxess Trading Platform or Corporate BondTicker(TM) Service

LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Chiltern, a leading global research organization, announced that it has opened a new office in Lisbon, Portugal. Mr. Ricardo Diaz will head Chiltern's new office as Country Manager. Mr. Diaz has over 10 years experience in clinical research and holds a Master's Degree in Pharmacology, a Master's in Clinical trials and an MBA.

The office is staffed with highly qualified clinical research professionals, supporting Chiltern's on-going clinical studies in Portugal. Additionally, our Resourcing Solutions brand provides local sponsors with the opportunity to bring on board well-trained personnel, based at either clinical sites or the sponsors' offices, on short or long-term contracts.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Japanese Pharmaceutical Company Establishes its own Turkish Subsidiary

- Important Step in Global Expansion

DAIICHI SANKYO, one of the world's leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies based in Japan, is establishing its own subsidiary in Turkey. The company, to be called DAIICHI SANKYO Ilaç Tikaret Ltd., will be headquartered in Istanbul and will initially focus on marketing the osteoporosis medication Evista (Raloxifen).

Long-term harmful effects of marijuana include risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory.

The active chemical in marijuana, called delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (THC), is believed to exert these effects by binding to cannabinoid (CB) receptors located on several cell types in various organs.

Scientists have found CB receptors in many organs including the brain, heart, liver, kidney, and spleen. In this study, researchers investigated if persistent heavy marijuana use might be associated with changes in different blood proteins in order to check if the abnormalities in the identified proteins might be related to other side-effects of marijuana.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

WeatherBill (www.weatherbill.com) today announced that Jens Boening, a weather risk management industry leader, has been appointed as Managing Director, Europe and Asia for the company. Boening will be based out of WeatherBill's new United Kingdom branch office, and will be positioned to better serve the needs of WeatherBill's rapidly growing European and Asian client base of weather-sensitive companies. Boening will report directly to WeatherBill's CEO and Founder David Friedberg.

NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Johnson & Johnson today announced that Professor Marc Feldmann, FMedSci, FAA, FRS and Emeritus Professor Sir Ravinder N. Maini, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College London have been named the recipients of the 2008 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research by an independent selection committee of world-renowned scientists.

In March, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into potential conflicts of interest in scientific panels that advise the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health effects of toxic chemicals.

The committee identified eight scientists that served as consultants or members of EPA science advisory panels while getting research support from the chemical industry to study the chemicals under review. Two scientists were actually employed by companies that made or worked with manufacturers of the chemicals under review.

Such conflicts, Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) noted, stand in stark contrast to the agency’s dismissal last summer of highly respected public health scientist Deborah Rice, an expert in toxicology, from a panel examining the health impacts of the flame retardant deca. The EPA fired Rice after the chemical industry’s trade group, the American Chemistry Council, complained that she could not provide an objective scientific review because she had spoken out about the health hazards posed by deca.

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Re-using the existing device-network infrastructure, the Model 2172R transparently extends Ethernet up to 3,000 feet (900 meters) or more in industrial-automation environments

Patton -- the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity and VoIP equipment -- is now taking orders for the Model 2172R 50-Mbps Ruggedized Ethernet Extender for industrial Ethernet applications.

By exploiting previously-installed twisted-pair infrastructure for long-reach Ethernet connections, Patton's 2172R eliminates the expense and disruption of installing fiber or CAT5e cable when linking Ethernet-based PLCs and other shop-floor equipment to the office LAN.