Cannabis Science Inc., an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company, was pleased to announce this morning that it has signed an agreement with Leading Points Corp. to represent its products, services and initiatives to various government and military agencies. Leading Points is led by its founder who retains 20 years of service as an active duty commissioned officer to establish and secure mutually beneficial relationships between its clients and the military and government markets.

Leading Points Corporation, Founder and President, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Sullivan, stated, “We are in the process of rolling out a phased strategy that initially calls for Leading Points Corporation to work with key decision makers in the 14 U.S. States where the legislatures have approved the use of whole cannabis, the natural product, for medicinal use. Next, we will represent the company in respect to a number of federal initiatives and to insure that they are positioned

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I ran across a href="http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=78661"this report today /athat the Marcellus Shale could end up yielding even more natural gas than expected, which already was a major number:br /br /blockquotepNew calculations show the Appalachian Basin's Marcellus Shale formation could yield enough natural gas to supply all U.S. needs for nearly two decades -- dramatically more than previous estimates. Penn State University geosciences professor Terry Engelder projects nearly 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas could be produced from the entire formation, which is found in portions of five states, including most of Pennsylvania. Engelder published his latest estimate in the August issue of Fort Worth Oil and Gas Basin magazine. /pp/pp"If the natural gas from the Marcellus could be extracted on demand, the Marcellus alone would last the U.S.A. more than 19 years, producing 489 trillion cubic feet of gas," Engelder said Monday. It was Engelder and Gary Nash, a professor ...

Lixte Biotechnology [[LIXT.OB]] was founded as a diagnostics company in 2005 evaluating biomarkers (indicators of disease at the molecular level), but has shifted its focus to become a cancer drug discovery operation.

Lixte engages in the discovery of anti-cancer compounds to improve the treatment of malignancies with few effective treatment options, such as certain types of brain cancer. Other areas of early-stage, preclinical drug discovery include: (1) improved anti-fungal treatments for patients with compromised immunity (e.g. HIV/AIDS, bone marrow transplantation); (2) neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease; and (3) biomarker assays for diagnostic and prognostic applications in the detection of disease and monitoring of treatment effectiveness.

Since Lixte is a development-stage company which does not generate any revenue, the ability to obtain financing to fund research and drug discovery operations will be a key factor this year. The Company estimates minimum funding requirements of $750,000 for this year, which will

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span class=”Apple-style-span” style=”font-weight: bold;”Authentidate Holding Corp (ncm: ADAT) $0.27/span- Authentidate is attractively positioned to benefit from the expected flood of spending aimed at modernizing healthcare IT. Remote patient monitoring, also known as telehealth, is one area where Authentidate stands to capitalize due to its unique and superior product solution. Patient home monitoring is expected to be a $12 billion industry by 2012. ADAT will earn $120M in revenue if it achieves just 1% penetration. This compares to $6M in revenue Authentidate earned last fiscal year. There are a decent number of patient monitoring devices deployed currently, yet very few have actual “telemedicine” functionality, whereby a patient’s vitals are electronically transmitted to the healthcare provider coupled with any patient instructions subsequently relayed back to the patient. According to an InMedica study, there were less than 1 million telehealth subscribers in 2008, yet that number is expected to climb to over 55 …