The News Review:

- Holmes Biopharma Inc.: maha Research perations Disrupted
- NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program
- Dibrugarh University plans major expansion
- Cincinnati looks to give hio a third comprehensive cancer center
- Advances Aid Treatment Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
- ASC Selects 28 Sarah Cannon Studies for Presentation at Annual…

Holmes Biopharma Inc.: maha Research perations Disrupted
Maketwire РMaketwire (Communiqu̩s de presse) РMay 19, 2008
(TCBB:HLMB) announces that its clinical research operations in maha Nebraska have been disrupted due to a working capital deficiency. The Company’s operating subsidiary has created a strategy to continue operations in Kiev Ukraine and Toronto Canada. The Company has for several months been attempting to refinance its clinical research subsidiary.

NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program
eMaxHealth.com – May 19, 2008
director of the NIH ffice of Rare Diseases (RD). With the program infrastructure now in place the program is ready to accept patients the first of which is expected to be seen in July 2008. "The NIH Clinical Center the nation’s clinical research hospital provides an extraordinary environment for excellence in both patient care and collaborative clinical investigation" said Dr. "This new program will capitalize on a rich set of skills already at the Clinical Center to "help patients with unusual medical conditions. These patients often partner with us in clinical research to identify new diseases or new treatment. "To evaluate each patient enrolled in the new program NIH will enlist the expertise of more than 25 of its senior attending physicians whose specialties include endocrinology immunology oncology dermatology dentistry cardiology and genetics… "This new program will capitalize on a rich set of skills already at the Clinical Center to "help patients with unusual medical conditions. These patients often partner with us in clinical research to identify new diseases or new treatment. "To evaluate each patient enrolled in the new program NIH will enlist the expertise of more than 25 of its senior attending physicians whose specialties include endocrinology immunology oncology dermatology dentistry cardiology and genetics. Gahl who is an expert on rare genetic diseases will serve as director of the new program. "We have developed a stringent referral process to ensure this program deals with those cases that have truly confounded medical experts" Dr.

Dibrugarh University plans major expansion
Times of India – May 19, 2008
6 crore in its kitty. Having received the hefty grant from the 12th FinanceCommission the university plans to add an IT building and a core engineeringbuilding apart from investing in infrastructure for clinical researchbiotechnology and nanotechnology and upgrading existing infrastructure. While speaking about the developments the recently appointedvice-chancellor Kandarpa Kumar Deka is optimistic that the infrastructuredevelopment would be completed within two years’ time. “Theconstruction of new departments and study centres has become an urgent need aswe have introduced 42 career-oriented courses. Courses in computers managementpetroleum technology pharmaceutical sciences library sciences law teachereducation tea technology tourism rural development creative writing women’sstudies journalism and mass communication have also been introduced in therecent past. Besides our intake has also increased from 1500 to over 2200during the last couple of years” said Deka… Besides our intake has also increased from 1500 to over 2200during the last couple of years” said Deka. The university alsoplans to start technology and engineering courses such as BTech in petroleumengineering electronic and communication engineering material sciences andnanotechnology. Further it will also introduce courses in performing arts(music dance and drama) Master’s in social work natural product chemistrytelecommunication atmospheric science applied psychology postgraduate coursesin Hindi and drug regulatory affairs and clinical research. “uruniversity would be the second in the country to offer actuarial science” saidDeka adding that introduction and implementation of career-oriented courses andeffective placement policies for the students are first on his agenda. Anotherunique course on offer is the BBA (flying) for commercial pilots throughdistance mode. Deka cited the lack of infrastructure as the reasonfor an increasing number of students leaving the northeast to pursue higherstudies in other parts of the country. He stated: “Till 2000 most of ouruniversities’ infrastructure was sub-standard and we hardly offered anyinnovative and job-oriented professional courses.

Cincinnati looks to give hio a third comprehensive cancer center
Columbus Dispatch – May 19, 2008
Michael Edwards a cancer surgeon left the University of Arkansas to direct theuniversity’s Surgery Department and Jorge Moscat a world-renowned molecular biologist left theSpanish National Research Council for Cincinnati. The “comprehensive cancer center” designation is about research — lab work focus on localpopulation and clinical research. Some NCI-designated cancer centers do not treat patients. hio State and Case do though. And so would Cincinnati. Patients at the James benefit from the research at hio State.

Advances Aid Treatment Diagnosis of Celiac Disease
Washington Post – May 19, 2008
The researchers are now conducting a larger longer trial. “Even allowing for the fact that people in clinical trials may practice healthier habits the fact that all of the groups showed improvement in the first week of the study is significant and helps us to plan better celiac studies” study author Dr. Daniel Leffler clinical research director at the Celiac Disease Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston said in a prepared statement. “This work offers great promise for patients who in the near future may have a treatment that improves upon dietary restrictions alone” Leffler added. A second study concluded that the criteria for diagnosing celiac disease may be too stringent meaning some patients go undiagnosed and therefore untreated. Current diagnostic criteria for celiac disease include small intestinal muscosal membrane villus atrophy and inflammation. This study included 145 people suspected of having celiac disease.

ASC Selects 28 Sarah Cannon Studies for Presentation at Annual…
Earthtimes – May 19, 2008
About ASC The ASC annual meeting is an international gathering of physicians academicians clinical researchers and other healthcare professionals involved in multidisciplinary clinical cancer care. ASC’s objectives are to advance the education of physicians and other professionals caring for patients with cancer to support the development of clinical cancer researchers and to facilitate the delivery of high-quality healthcare to patients with cancer. About SCRI SCRI is one of the largest clinical research programs in the nation conducting community-based clinical trials in oncology and other therapeutic areas through affiliations with a network of nearly 500 physicians in 23 states. Additionally SCRI offers management regulatory and other research support services to drug development sponsors and strategic investigator sites across the country. Sarah Cannon Research InstituteAnna Walker 615-329-7216Anna.