Penned more than 40 years ago by our co-founder, the mission of Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) continues to unite all of us worldwide in a higher purpose: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend lives. Medtronic, headquartered in Minneapolis, is the global leader in medical technology-alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people around the world.



Medtronic announced yesterday it received a second clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) with pedicle screws. The TSRH® Spinal System is the second posterior fixation system by Medtronic to receive 510(k) clearance for this indication and Medtronic remains the only company with this clearance under the Agency’s product category for pediatric AIS patients treated with posterior pedicle screw instrumentation.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common pediatric spine condition, and its cause is unknown. Many patients with AIS have rotated and/or curved spines, which may resemble an "S" or "C" shape instead of a straight line seen with normal spines. Some of the bones in the spines of AIS patients can rotate, causing the shoulders or waist to appear uneven. If the curvature of the spine progresses as the patient grows, it could compress nerve roots and the spinal cord.

For more information about Medtronic, please visit www.medtronic.com

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EnzoBiochem Inc. (ENZ)

Medical Biotechnology is the most commonly used to produce drugs. It has been widely used to find out how plants, for example, have medicinal value or quality of healing for us. This is the first identification of the plant if the plant has a quality of healing done. The plants around us for many years and are identified for treatment. The way to do this is to test various bacteria against them. If you kill the bacteria, so the connection must be separated. This is a very long time when the biotech company to try these products and ensure they are safe.

EnzoBiochem, Inc., is a growth-oriented integrated life sciences and biotechnology company focused on harnessing biological process to develop research tools, diagnostics and therapeutics, and serves as a provider of test services, including exotic tests, to the medical community. Since ENZ was founded in 1976, their strategic focus has been on the development of enabling technologies in the life sciences field.

EnzoBiochem Inc. recently announced that it has added four highly experienced executives at its Enzo Life Sciences subsidiary to focus on rapidly evolving new pharmaceutical and clinical applications.

The officers, all filling newly created positions, are Bruce Taillon, PhD, as head of global technology business development, John D'Errico, PhD, to lead the commercial merchandising operations, Kara Cannon, as head of global marketing and Paul Munger, PhD, to lead Global Manufacturing.

Over the past two years, Enzo has been engaged in enhancing the Life Sciences subsidiary's operating performance through added capabilities, greater integration and a more focused product mix. These efforts are all aimed at significantly expanding Enzo's presence and marketing beyond the traditional academic and research laboratory core to greater penetrate the pharmaceutical and clinical customer base with new and cutting edge platform technologies.

For more information please visit: www.enzo.com

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Cleantech Transit, Inc. (CLNO)
Cleantech Transit Inc. was founded to capitalize on technology advances and manufacturing opportunities in the growing clean energy public transportation sector. The Company has expanded its focus to invest directly in specific green projects that can maximize shareholder value. Recognizing the many economic and operational advances of converting wood waste into renewable sources of energy, Cleantech has selected to invest in Phoenix Energy (www.phoenixenergy.net).

Biomass is the term used to describe all the organic matter, produced by photosynthesis that exists on the earth's surface. The source of all energy in biomass is the sun, the biomass acting as a kind of chemical energy store. Biomass is constantly undergoing a complex series of physical and chemical transformations and being regenerated while giving off energy in the form of heat to the atmosphere. To make use of biomass for our own energy needs we can simply tap into this energy source, in its simplest form we know, this is a basic open fire used to provide heat for cooking, warming water or warming the air in our home. More sophisticated technologies exist for extracting this energy and converting it into useful heat or power in an efficient way.







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