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Batman and his super hero friends are back to save the day! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games today announced that the highly-anticipated LEGO Batman2: DC Super Heroes is now available in North America for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, the Wii system, and Windows PC, as well as the Nintendo DS handheld system, Nintendo 3DS handheld system, and PlayStationVita handheld entertainment system.
The acclaimed and award-winning LEGOBatman2: DC Super Heroes is the must-have sequel to the best-selling LEGOBatman: The Videogame, which to date has sold more than 11 million units worldwide. In LEGOBatman2: DC Super Heroes, kids and gamers of all ages team up with Batman and Robin and their favorite DC Comics super heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and The Flash in an original LEGO adventure. Many of the scenes and characters featured in LEGOBatman2: DC Super Heroes can also be found in the LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes toy collection, which was introduced earlier this year. The toy line includes five construction sets, such as The Batcave and three buildable, detailed action figures.
Fans of all ages are in for a real comical treat with LEGOBatman2: DC Super Heroes, as the game brings iconic DC Comics characters to life in a brand new story set in a massive open-world Gotham City, said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. The game delivers a fun-filled LEGO adventure never seen before with talking LEGO minifigures and unique elements such as flying through Gotham City as Superman.
In LEGOBatman2: DC Super Heroes, players take on the role of the Caped Crusader, Boy Wonder and other DC Comics super heroes as they unite to thwart the plans of nefarious evildoers Lex Luthor and The Joker in their diabolical quest to cause destruction and mayhem. Players are put in control of exciting new super abilities such as heat vision, freeze-breath and free-roaming flight, which they can use to explore a vast new Gotham City full of hidden secrets, collectible LEGO bricks and vehicles to drive and fly. The console games feature easy drop-in/drop-out co-op with dynamic split screen, giving family members of all ages a chance to take part in the action-packed LEGO adventure. The handheld games include a Justice League Alliance game mode, a set of battle challenges which pits the entire Justice League against the most evil villains in the DC Universe.
Developed by TT Games, LEGOBatman2: DC Super Heroes is available for Xbox 360 and PS3 for the suggested retail price of $49.99, for Wii, PSVita, and Nintendo 3DS for the suggested retail price of $39.99, and for Nintendo DS and Windows PC for the suggested retail price of $29.99. The game is also scheduled to be available on the Mac in August 2012 for the suggested retail price of $29.99. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and older by the ESRB and complements the LEGO DC Universe Super Heroes toy collection.
For more information, please visit http://www.videogames.LEGO.com.
About TT Games
TT Games, wholly owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, is the combined publishing and development group behind the hit games LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Batman, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean and LEGO Harry Potter. Incorporating renowned UK developer Travellers Tales, TT Games has a distinctive focus on console, handheld, mobile and PC games of the highest quality, aimed at young gamers and their families. For more information, please visitwww.ttgames.com.
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The new technology and innovation centre, a Catapult for cell therapies1, will be established at the Tower wing, Guys Hospital, London.London, UK (PRWEB UK) 19 June 2012 The new technology and innovation centre, a Catapult for cell therapies1, will be established at the Tower wing, Guys Hospital, London.The central London site was chosen for its easily accessible transport links, its credentials ...
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The patients are two dogs Vinnie, a 7-year old Bichon Frise with a partial ligament tear in a leg, and Marley, 2, a Rottweiler/lab mix with ruptured knee ligaments.
Dr. Garren Kelly planned to remove fat tissue from the dogs, separate the dogs' own stem cells from the fat, and activate and inject the stem cells into the areas of pain.The dogs are expected to be moving well and with little or no pain within two months.
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Cryopraxis established in 2001 as the pioneer private umbilical cord blood bank in Brazil will be present at Bio 2012 in Boston. Eduardo Cruz, chairman of the board, will be a speaker at the Brazilian break-out session speaking about The Brazilian Biotechnology Sector and showing the results of the company's commitment to R&D. Cryopraxis has already collected and processed more than 25000 cord blood units (CBU) and is actively involved in several R&D projects in Brazil and abroad.
A spin-off of Cryopraxis, Cellpraxis, has recently finished one of the world's first cell therapy project clinical trials in Brazil: ReACT. ReACT is a stem cell formulation. This regenerative medicine pioneer product aims on treating an orphan disease condition called refractory angina. Refractory angina patients suffer from untreatable severe chest pain and the results of the clinical trial in a 5 years follow up proved ReACT to positively interfere in the course of the pathology. Most of the individuals treated experienced relief in pain and better quality of life. ReACT will be presented at Bio2012 as an example of Brazil's dynamic biotechnology research.
Cryopraxis is accredited by the American Association of Blood Bank since 2009.
According to Tatiana Lima, Technical Director at Cryopraxis, "extensive training and strict adherence to good laboratory practices are basic principles in Cryopraxis' corporate strategy." Janaina Machado, cell lab director describes the company's primary mission: "maximizing safety and efficiency of collection procedures to make sure our clients get what they look for: the highest quality standards."
Cryopraxis is part of Axis Biotec (www.axisbiotec.com.br) and it has the largest biological cryogenic storage facility in Brazil and one of the largest in the World. It is the largest umbilical cord blood bank in Brazil. The company is involved in several research projects in Brazil and abroad.For more information, visitwww.cryopraxis.com.brand http://www.cellpraxis.com
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Cryopraxis, Sponsor of Stem Cell Research is Represented at Bio2012 in Boston
2011 saw the stem cell market earn revenues of $148.4 million in 2011 and this is forecast to reach $322 million by 2017. The segments covered include: bio-imaging and microscopy, cell biology tools, immunochemical, molecular biology tools, and protein biochemistry tools.
The US is one of the major stem cell markets in the world, and the country has been witnessing a significant level of positive growth over the past few years. The US stem cell market was estimated to reach around $830 Million in 2010, up from $500 Million in 2009.
This market growth can be attributed to a number of supporting factors, such as huge investment, strong demand, and rising disease incidences. Forecasters have predicted that these factors will lead to the US stem cell market generating revenues of $3 billion by 2013.
A key step forward for the market has been the stem cell regulations in a few countries allowing the use of certain cell lines. In some countries such as France, for instance, stem cell regulations are being renewed for the procurement and use of stem cells.
Standardised research guidelines are needed to control and encourage the development of gene therapy and stem cell treatments. Regenerative medicine is seen as an area with high future potential, as countries need ways to cope with the burden of an aging population.
Stem cell research is very dynamic with research trends, focus, and approaches evolving extremely rapidly. The tool market has to quickly adapt to these challenges and develop innovative tools that address and accelerate research accomplishments.
Organisations such as the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) publish recommended guidelines on working with stem cells, but these are not binding. Governments must therefore come together to determine a standardised framework for innovative medical research, in order that positive results and long-term follow-up data can be produced to solidify the reputation and investment potential of the regenerative medicine market.
For more information on the stem cell market, see the latest research: Stem Cell Market Report
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ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced that the first patient to receive stem cell transplantation in both regions of the spinal cord has been treated in the ongoing Phase I trial of its spinal cord neural stem cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). This is also the 16th patient to be treated in the trial altogether and the first patient returning to the trial for a second treatment. In this treatment, the patient received five injections in the cervical (upper back) region of the spinal cord, in addition to the ten he received previously in the lumbar (lower back) region of the spine, for a total of 15 injections. This is the highest number of injections in the trial so far. Patient 16 is also the first patient in the world to receive stem cell transplants in both the lumbar and cervical regions of the spinal cord in an FDA-approved trial. Two additional previously-treated patients are expected to return to the trial this summer in this cohort, provided they continue to meet the inclusion requirements. The trial is taking place at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
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"Transplanting the first of the returning patients represents a major milestone in the trial," said Dr. Karl Johe, PhD, Neuralstem's Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer. "The ability to safely administer multiple dosings to these patients is a key enabling step in administering the maximum safe dose. Not only are we dosing patients for a second time in this cohort, we are now dosing in both the lumbar and cervical regions of the spinal cord for the first time, where the stem cell therapy could support both walking and breathing."
About the Trial
The Phase I trial to assess the safety of Neuralstem's spinal cord neural stem cells and intraspinal transplantation method in ALS patients has been underway since January 2010. The trial is designed to enroll up to 18 patients. The first 12 patients were each transplanted in the lumbar (lower back) region of the spine, beginning with non-ambulatory and advancing to ambulatory cohorts.
The trial then advanced to transplantation in the cervical (upper back) region of the spine. The first cohort of three was treated in the cervical region only. The current cohort of three will receive injections in both the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. In an amendment to the trial design, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the return of previously-treated patients to this cohort. The first of these returning patients was just treated. The entire 18-patient trial concludes six months after the final surgery.
About Neuralstem
Neuralstem's patented technology enables the ability to produce neural stem cells of the human brain and spinal cord in commercial quantities, and the ability to control the differentiation of these cells constitutively into mature, physiologically relevant human neurons and glia. Neuralstem is in an FDA-approved Phase I safety clinical trial for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, and has been awarded orphan status designation by the FDA.
In addition to ALS, the company is also targeting major central nervous system conditions with its cell therapy platform, including spinal cord injury, ischemic spastic paraplegia and chronic stroke. The company has submitted an IND (Investigational New Drug) application to the FDA for a Phase I safety trial in chronic spinal cord injury.
Neuralstem also has the ability to generate stable human neural stem cell lines suitable for the systematic screening of large chemical libraries. Through this proprietary screening technology, Neuralstem has discovered and patented compounds that may stimulate the brain's capacity to generate new neurons, possibly reversing the pathologies of some central nervous system conditions. The company has received approval from the FDA to conduct a Phase Ib safety trial evaluating NSI-189, its first neurogenic small molecule compound, for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Additional indications could include CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, and memory disorders.
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NORFOLK, Va., June 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beliefnet, the comprehensive multi-faith online resource for inspiration and spirituality, has hired Sam Bhatt as Vice President of Sales and Development. Bhatt will be responsible for overseeing Beliefnet's digital media business development and sales strategies.
Bhatt has successfully managed online media for digital companies including New Iron Media, the Jordan Group, and the Salem Web Network. He specializes in online media strategies and tactics, along with best-practice approaches for growing and mobilizing display, email lists and social media vehicles.
"I'm thrilled to be joining the wonderful and successful team at Beliefnet," Bhatt said. "Working in the digital media and religious fields, I've gotten a chance to appreciate Beliefnet's commitment to fostering an online spiritual community."
"Sam's previous experiences in ministry, digital media and cultivating relationships provide an exciting combination that will prove a major asset as we continue to grow as a site and spiritual community," President and CEO Steve Halliday said.
Bhatt is also an international public speaker, senior pastor at his church in Colorado Springs, Colo., and budding author. He received his bachelor's degree in Theology from Emmaus Bible College and earned a MBA from University of Dubuque.
About Beliefnet
Beliefnet, a property of BN Media, LLC and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online, is the most comprehensive multi-faith online resource for inspiration and spirituality, and helps people improve their lives, solve problems and find comfort, hope and strength. Its mission is to help people find and walk a spiritual path that instills comfort, hope, strength and happiness for people who are exploring their own faith or curious about others. Whether spirituality, health and wellness or wholesome family entertainment, Beliefnet has something for everyone.
About BN Media
Through its three operating companies -- Beliefnet, Affinity4 and Cross Bridge -- BN Media is the definitive online resource for information related to inspiration and spirituality. BN Media provides award-winning inspirational editorial and video content through mainstream and faith-based channels. The company's mission is to inspire positive thought and action.
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18-06-2012 05:38 A Shenzhou-9 spacecraft with three people on board has successfully carried out an automatic space docking mission on Monday. The Chinese are now a step closer to creating a national manned space station. READ MORE Subscribe to RT! Watch RT LIVE on our website Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Google+ RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
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18-06-2012 09:37 Download this song, our REMIX EP and our DEMO 4 free @ Title: Falcon in the Gloomy Sky (Space Flight Mix by Bart Nova) Remix by Bart Nova Original track by The Day After The Last Crime Album: Remix Tracknr.: 03 Year: 2012 all rights reserved
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19-06-2012 04:20 The Air Force's mini-Space Shuttle ,the X-37B, spent over a year traveling around our planet.That's a long time. What was it doing? We don't know—it's a secret. But now that it's finally landed, it's time for a few questions. Some of the cutting-edge technologies tested were the auto de-orbit capability, thermal protection tiles, and high-temperature components and seals. The Pentagon's mini spaceplane, one quarter the size of NASA's now-retired space shuttle, returned to Earth just after dawn Saturday for a pinpoint touchdown at Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is not known if the X-37B conducted reconnaissance activities during the flight. It does have the capability to deploy satellites in space. It was originally developed by NASA but was transferred to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2004. Music By Agriflex.
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In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the Numerical Aerospace Simulation Systems Division (NAS) of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California is conducting research into molecular-sized devices known as Nanotechnology. This photograph, taken on Apr. 1, 1997, depicts two "Fullerene Nano-gears" with multiple teeth.
The hope is that one day, products can be constructed made of thousands of tiny machines that could self-repair and adapt to the environment in which they exist.
Researchers have simulated attaching benzyne molecules to the outside of a nanotube to form gear teeth. Nanotubes are molecular-sized pipes made of carbon atoms. To "drive" the gears, the supercomputer simulated a laser that served as a motor. The laser creates an electric field around the nanotube. A positively charged atom is placed on one side of the nanotube, and a negatively charged atom on the other side. The electric field drags the nanotube around like a shaft turning.
Jie Han, Al Globus, Richard Jaffe and Glenn Deardorff are the authors of a technical paper detailing this technology which appears in The Journal of Nanotechnology.
Each weekday, SPACE.com looks back at the history of spaceflight through photos (archive).
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Posted on June 19, 2012 at 8:43 AM
HOUSTON Commercial flights into space might be a few years away, but NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration are laying the groundwork for the licensing and regulation requirements for those flights.
Heads of the two government agencies signed a memorandum of agreement that aviation administration acting Administrator Michael Huerta said provides a regulating framework and avoids conflicting sets of requirements and standards.
Under the agreement, the aviation administration will license commercial space flight providers to ensure the safety of the launch and re-entry of the spacecraft.
Huerta said the aviation administration would look at things such as the safety of the launch sight, appropriate contingency plans should something abnormal happen during the launch and cleared airspace.
What were focused on is the safety of the launch and safety of the re-entry as it passes through the national airspace, Huerta said.
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18-06-2012 17:54 They played against only men from 1936 to 1986. 200+ games a season, winning aprx 80% of the time. the First women's basketball team ever to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame - 2012. ***SPECIAL THANKS TO LARRY JENSEN for providing this footage from when his sister, April played for the Red Heads.
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By Riza T. Olchondra Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines Authorities monitoring La Mesa Dam in Quezon City remained on red alert status Tuesday morning even though the water level eased at the facility, according to Manila Water Co., which keeps close watch on the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa Dam Raw Water System.
As the La Mesa Dam water level reaches 88.30 meters, it automatically releases water when it reaches its overflow limit of 80.15 meters. The released water will add to the water level in the Tullahan River. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
From midnight to around 8 a.m., the water at La Mesa eased by 4 centimeters to 79.73 meters, Manila Water corporate communications chief Jeric T. Sevilla said in a text message.
For the alert to be downgraded to yellow, the water level of La Mesa should be below 79.60 meters, Sevilla said.
La Mesa Dam was also placed under red alert Monday.
LGUs (local government units) downstream of Tullahan (River) are still on alert, Sevilla said on Monday night.
Citing reports received by the water concessionaire as of 8 p.m., Sevilla said that compared to 4 p.m. levels, the water at La Mesa Dam was steady at 79.79 meters, Angat Dam increased by 1 centimeter to 189.19 meters, and Ipo Dam decreased by 11 cm. to 100.31 meters.
Still, given that rains have stopped, We expect that level (in Ipo) will gradually go down as well, Sevilla said.
The authorities get concerned when the water level at La Mesa Dam breaches 79.40 meters, Sevilla said.
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The removal of 11,000 voter histories from state voter rolls is either a routine cleansing for technical reasons or a sinister attempt to move voters off the rolls, depending on whom you believe. An arbitrator will decide.
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KATE Nash has just returned to London from Los Angeles, where she has been writing and recording songs for her third album, and she cant stop talking about how much she loves the place.
It was amazing, we stayed in this old nunnery in this huge park. Its owned by an interior designer and antiques dealer so it was full of crazy taxidermy stuff and there were two huge guard dogs, she explained at about one hundred miles an hour.
It was inspirational to be able to create music and work in that big space and then muck around with my girlfriends in the evening and have parties and stuff.
The happy-go-lucky singer, who shot to fame in 2007 when her debut album Made Of Bricks went to number one, is embarking on a short intimate tour, during which she will give fans a sneak peak of songs from the new album.
The Faster Pussycat Run Run Tour stops at the Boileroom in Guildford on Friday, June 29, a venueNash admitted she had never played before, but which is a familiar place for her all-girl backing band, Emma Hughes (bass), Carmen Vandenberg (guitar) and Fern Ford (drums), who hail from the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM).
My manager went to ACM and she knew a lot people there. Before my tour last year, she suggested we looked there for a backing band. I saw and then interviewed a few musicians and I knew straight away the ones that I wanted, and they have been great and now theyre like my best friends, she beamed.
Although the new album will have Nashs recognisable quirky lyrics, the 24-year-old admitted it was quite a departure from her last album, My Best Friend Is You, and its predecessor.
Its a lot more angsty. Ive written everything on the bass. Its still about my feelings but its a bit more out there like a punch in the face, the musician explained. Musically it really comes from my gut.
And its not just her music that has had an overhaul, her image is also a lot more gritty than when she burst onto the pop scene, and she has also landed herself acting roles in two feature films.
My image has changed so I do look quite different. I think people recognised me before for my red hair, but thats gone now and Im browny/blonde, she said.
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19-06-2012 07:52 On 8 may 2012, Thane Harpole with the Fairfield Foundation gave a presentation on some archaeological work conducted at the Chesterville Plantation site. Chesterville was a colonial plantation originally owned by John Laydon and later by the Wythe family. George Wythe was one of the signers to the Declaration of Independence. Most of the plantation site is now property of NASA Langley Research Center. This project is part of the on-going work to preserve the history of the area. For more on Chesterville, and other research conducted there, see
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"We will understand weather conditions better and be able to make more accurate forecasts," said Chawalit Silapathong, director of Gistda's Geo-Informatics Centre.
The imaging quality provided by Thailand's Theos satellites would also improve, he said.
"By granting permission to Nasa, Thailand will also prove its commitment to climate research under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change," he pointed out.
Chawalit said a number of Thai researchers would participate in the project. They would come from respected organisations such as Gistda, Chulalongkorn University, the Meteorological Department, Silpakorn University, the Hydrographic Department and |the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation.
Nasa, the US National Aeronau-tics and Space Administration, has been planning to base its Southeast Asia Composition, Cloud, Climate Coupling Regional Study (SEAC4RS) at U-Tapao.
If Thailand approves use of the airport the project will go ahead in August and September.
The operation aims to address key questions about the influence of Asian emissions on clouds, climate and air quality as well as fundamental capacity of satellites to observe the system.
Science observations will focus specifically on the role of the Asian monsoon circulation and convective redistribution in governing upper atmospheric composition and chemistry.
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