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IntraLinks And Redocs Announce Strategic Alliance In Russia

IntraLinks And Redocs Announce Strategic Alliance In Russia

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON and MOSCOW, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --

IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Redocs, which offers document management services to financial and legal professionals in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

IntraLinks(R) Exchanges(TM) will enable Redocs' clients to securely and efficiently share business-critical documents during sensitive financial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. Clients will leverage IntraLinks to instantly share information with colleagues, advisers and outside counsel in global locations through a SAS 70 Type II certified-safe environment.

J.D. Power And Associates Reports: O2 Ranks Highest In Customer Satisfaction With Pre-Pay Mobile Phones In The UK; Virgin Mobile Ranks Highest In Satisfying Pay-Monthly Customers

J.D. Power And Associates Reports: O2 Ranks Highest In Customer Satisfaction With Pre-Pay Mobile Phones In The UK; Virgin Mobile Ranks Highest In Satisfying Pay-Monthly Customers

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --

O2 ranks highest in customer satisfaction with pre-pay mobile phone service, and Virgin Mobile ranks highest among pay-monthly mobile phone customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 UK Mobile Phone Customer Satisfaction Study(SM) released today.

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The European Solar Thermal Systems Market Set To Double, Says Frost Sullivan

The European Solar Thermal Systems Market Set To Double, Says Frost Sullivan

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --

The market for solar thermal systems (STS) in Europe has witnessed significant developments at all levels in the last four years. Policy makers, market participants and end users have shown a keen interest in STS, ensuring a high growth potential. Due to its tremendous long-term growth prospects, this market has attracted several new participants that are playing a central role in promoting the industry.

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Enbrel(R) Receives Positive European Recommendations For A New Plaque Psoriasis Treatment Regimen And New Pre-Filled Pen Delivery Device

Enbrel(R) Receives Positive European Recommendations For A New Plaque Psoriasis Treatment Regimen And New Pre-Filled Pen Delivery Device

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

MAIDENHEAD, England, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- CHMP Recommends Approval of a Continuous Dosing Regimen Option for Enbrel In Plaque Psoriasis, and a New Pre-Filled Pen Delivery Device

Today, Wyeth received positive recommendations from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for two recent submissions relating to Enbrel(R) (etanercept), the tumour necrosis factor alpha inhibitor treatment for plaque psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and other related inflammatory conditions.

EB Unveils Its Latest Next-Generation Mobile Internet Device (MID) Reference Design

EB Unveils Its Latest Next-Generation Mobile Internet Device (MID) Reference Design

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- With Photo

- Leveraging Intel and Ericsson's Sophisticated Technologies, EB Introduces a Sleek, Media-Centric MID Reference Device that Takes the Power of the PC and Makes it Pocket-able

In The 'Laughter Evolutionary Tree', We're Closest To Chimps, Says Researcher

In The 'Laughter Evolutionary Tree', We're Closest To Chimps, Says Researcher

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

Human laughter can be traced back 10-16 million years to the last common ancestor of humans and great apes, according to new research published today.   Dr Marina Davila Ross, a primatologist of the psychology department at the University of Portsmouth, reconstructed the origins of human laughter by mapping the laughter sounds of great apes and humans on an evolutionary tree.

In Davila Ross’s reconstructed evolutionary tree, humans were closest to bonobos and chimpanzees, more distant from gorillas and most distant from orangutans.  

Biologists always love when researchers in psychology departments reconfigure the evolutionary tree for them.
'Pelvis' Has Left The Building - Sticklebacks And Convergent Evolution

'Pelvis' Has Left The Building - Sticklebacks And Convergent Evolution

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

New research shows that when two species of stickleback fish evolved,  different genes in each species caused the loss of their pelvises and body armor.  Researchers say they were surprised because they expected the same genes would control the same changes in both related fish.

Thank you.  Thank you very much.
Molecular Basis For Clotting - A 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery Gets Solved

Molecular Basis For Clotting - A 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery Gets Solved

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

Using single-molecule manipulation, researchers at Harvard University say they have uncovered a fundamental feedback mechanism that the body uses in regulating the clotting of blood. A new physical, quantitative, and predictive model of how the body works to respond to injury could improve treatment of bleeding disorders.

It also gives insight into how bleeding disorders, such as type 2A von Willebrand disease, disrupt this regulation system, potentially leading to new avenues for treatment and diagnosis.
A Better Way To Timestamp Human Migration - Our Molecular Clock

A Better Way To Timestamp Human Migration - Our Molecular Clock

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

Dating human migration has always been something of a guess, especially without corroborating archaeological evidence.

Researchers at the University of Leeds say they have devised a more accurate method .  That's good news, because the most widely used genetic method works back to find the last common ancestor of any particular set of lineages using samples of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), but this method has recently been shown to be unreliable, throwing 20 years of research into doubt. 
Bat Behavior - Echolocation Helps Them Recognize Each Other's Voices

Bat Behavior - Echolocation Helps Them Recognize Each Other's Voices

Jun 04 2009 | comment(s)

Bats, unlike most animals, don't primarily use their voices for communication.  Instead, they use echolocation to navigate their surroundings but they can also use it, and the characteristics of other bats' voices, to recognize each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany.

The study published June 5 in PLoS Computational Biology, explains how bats use echolocation for more than just spatial knowledge and it might also help explain how some bats travel at high speed, at night, in formation without interfering with each other.
Talk To Your Pharmacist If You Want To Avoid Summer Horrordays

Talk To Your Pharmacist If You Want To Avoid Summer Horrordays

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ --

Millions of Brits are dicing with disaster and placing their health at risk when taking overseas holidays, research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) reveals.

The RPSGB's Holiday Health report, released today, shows our laid-back attitude to our well-being can quickly turn perfect holidays into perfectly ghastly experiences.

The RPSGB is urging Brits to visit their local pharmacy for holiday health advice and essential products before they head off on their summer holiday - after all, no one wants to be part of the 44 per cent who suffer from nasty insect bites, or the 40 per cent who find themselves struck down by diarrhoea while abroad.

Rearranging the Genetic Code

Rearranging the Genetic Code

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

The genetic code is fixed in most organisms, but sometimes microbes pull off a swap. How that swap works is hard to fathom, because you can screw up nearly all of your genes by doing it. A paper out today in Nature finds (among many other things) looks at how the yeast genus Candida pulled off such a swap.
Speak Out : Silence is the Enemy.

Speak Out : Silence is the Enemy.

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

Speak Out : Silence is the Enemy.

Injustice promotes unrest. 
Unrest promotes war.
War promotes injustice.

It is not possible to have a productive and stable society in which there is widespread injustice.

Injustice is not just unethical - it's irrational.


Don't be irrational - Read Josh Witten's article: Silence is the Enemy.
The Luxury Of Belief

The Luxury Of Belief

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

In previous posts I have made the argument that the brain constructs a data organization framework which represents our worldview (or belief systems). It is against this structure that new information will be evaluated, accepted, or rejected. I also want to be clear that the idea of a worldview or belief system is not optional. All humans have one, since it is a requirement to provide a minimal framework against which data is acquired and classified. It should also be understood that the concept of a belief system carries no special connotation be it religious, superstitious, supernatural, or anything else. It is simply a term that refers to the data organization framework in the brain.
One-Year Phase III Study Confirms Ilaris(R) Offers Long-Term Remission In Patients With CAPS, A Severe Lifelong Auto-Inflammatory Disease

One-Year Phase III Study Confirms Ilaris(R) Offers Long-Term Remission In Patients With CAPS, A Severe Lifelong Auto-Inflammatory Disease

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

BASEL, Switzerland, June 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Not for US Media

- New Ilaris Data in The New England Journal of Medicine Show Rapid Sustained Efficacy in Patients With Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome (CAPS)(1)

- CAPS is a Debilitating Genetic Disorder With Potentially Fatal Complications and Limited Treatments Available(1),(2),(3)

- Ilaris Selectively Blocks Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), a Key Driver in Inflammation and Tissue Destruction - Therapy Being Investigated for Other Inflammatory Diseases(1),(3),(4)

- Regulatory Submissions Completed in Major Countries With Priority Review Granted in US, Switzerland and Australia

Vadium Technology Partners With Computer Point, Ltd. To Distribute AlphaCipher In East Central Africa

Vadium Technology Partners With Computer Point, Ltd. To Distribute AlphaCipher In East Central Africa

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

TACOMA, Washington and KAMPALA, Uganda, June 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Vadium Technology, Inc. a leading provider of easy to use, unbreakable data security and privacy solutions is pleased to announce entering into a sales agent and reseller agreement with Computer Point, Ltd. (Computer Point).

Patton Stimulates Analog VoIP Market With Price Cuts On SmartNode(TM) FXS Gateways

Patton Stimulates Analog VoIP Market With Price Cuts On SmartNode(TM) FXS Gateways

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, June 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- For SMEs invested in analog PBX and POTS telephony equipment, Patton's reduced pricing places the stability and interoperability of carrier-class SmartNode(TM) VoIP within budgetary reach

Patton (www.patton.com) -- the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, Voice-over-IP and triple-play equipment -- announces reduced pricing on all FXS models of the SmartNode(TM) 4110 VoIP Gateway Series effective 1 June 2009.

Expected to stimulate the analog VoIP gateway market, Patton's lower prices reflect an average decrease of 20 to 40 percent for distributors, resellers and end-user customers.

Programming Stem Cells With Chemicals

Programming Stem Cells With Chemicals

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

One of the biggest recent breakthroughs in stem cell research is the ability to reprogram non-stem cells into stem cells using genetic engineering. The hitch with this technique is that genetic engineering like this can have side effects: stem cells produced in this way can turn into tumors in mice (and presumably humans, but we haven't tried that yet).

And thus researchers have been looking for ways to reprogram stem cells without genetic engineering. One promising way to do this is to use chemicals that can mimic the effects of the genes typically used for reprogramming. (The jargon for these genes is 'reprogramming factors' - who says technical jargon has to be opaque?)
Wyle Unit Serves In Vital Role For Selection Of New European Space Authority Astronauts

Wyle Unit Serves In Vital Role For Selection Of New European Space Authority Astronauts

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

EL SEGUNDO, California, June 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Wyle's Germany-based GmbH unit played a vital role in the recent selection of six new European Space Authority (ESA) astronauts, the first named since 1992.

Casey Pruett, managing director of the unit, assisted in supervising all logistic components for organizing the implementation of two phases of psychological and one phase of medical testing. He served as the deputy project manager to Dr. Volker Damann, head of ESA's Crew Medical Support Office, and was responsible for the psychological and medical components of the ESA astronaut selection campaign.

Telmar Network Technology Introduces Executive Advisory Board

Telmar Network Technology Introduces Executive Advisory Board

Jun 03 2009 | comment(s)

PLANO, Texas, June 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Executive Advisory Board Formed to Contribute to Telmar's Global Growth Initiatives

Telmar Network Technology today announced that it has created an Executive Advisory Board of telecom executives who will use their years of industry experience to help guide Telmar's strategic growth initiatives worldwide. The Advisory Board members have led companies including Alcatel-Lucent, ATT, Tellabs and Verizon Communications.