AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- European Patent Office Grants Patent for Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatotic Hepatitis

AMT (Euronext: AMT), a leader in the field of human gene therapy, today announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has granted the company an important patent for the treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatotic Hepatitis (NASH) with its lead product AMT-11. AMT has a similar patent pending with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

NEW YORK, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Landmark Worldwide Survey of Leading Plastic Surgeons

- Jolie, Kidman, Anderson, Loren, Bundchen, Pitt, and Clooney Favored

We hear it every day, "Oh, I wish I could look like Angelina." Or, "Oh, to have Brad's abs -- I'd do anything." With increasing availability of aesthetic plastic surgery, ongoing improvement and refinements in procedures, and numerous payment plans available, some of these wishes are coming true. But do the celebrity images that overwhelm popular media have any influence on the decisions people make about their plastic surgery?

NEW YORK, January 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Clothes/Shoes - Fastest Growing Internet Buys

- 'Visa' the Most Popular Credit Card Payment Method

More than 85 percent of the world's online population has used the Internet to make a purchase -- increasing the market for online shopping by 40 percent in the past two years -- according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet shopping habits. Globally, more than half of Internet users have made at least one purchase online in the past month, according to Nielsen.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, January 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- New research shows Microsoft-related businesses make more than US$15 for every US$1 Microsoft earns.

NEW YORK, January 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Aveda(TM), the maker of plant-derived hair care, skin care, makeup and lifestyle products and a global leader in corporate environmental sustainability, is building on the breakout success of its Spring/Summer 2008 Green Fashion program with an enhanced eco-friendly platform for the Fall/Winter 2008 New York shows. Once again, Aveda has engaged New York's most talented and highly influential designers to raise the industry's collective environmental conscience.

SAO PAULO, Brazil, January 25 /PRNewswire/ --

A report called "Deadly Brew," aired on Thursday, Jan. 24 by Bloomberg Television, is a dangerously misleading and out-of-context representation of Brazil's sugar and ethanol industry, according to the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA).

"The report relies on isolated incidents, flawed data and unsubstantiated allegations. Not surprisingly, it arrives at unbalanced and inappropriate conclusions that bear no resemblance to the industry as it is today," says UNICA President and CEO Marcos Jank.