The most common adverse events in patients who receivedSutent included low white blood cells high blood

The most common adverse events in patients who receivedSutent included low white blood cells, high blood pressure,abdominal pain, diarrhea, low blood sugar and swelling of thehands and feet. These were similar to side effects seen inprevious Sutent studies, Pfizer said. Mace Rothenberg, head of clinical development and medicalaffairs for Pfizer's oncology business unit, called the study'sresults welcome news, "as there is currently no standard ofcare for patients with pancreatic islet cell tumors whoprogress on prior therapy." Full analysis of the data is ongoing, Pfizer said. (Reporting by Bill Berkrot, editing by Matthew Lewis) Stocks Stocks. MOFFETT FIELD, CA, Jun 25 (MARKET WIRE) -- Singularity University (SU) -- the new academic institution with the goalof preparing the next generation of leaders to address "humanity's grandchallenges" -- today announced the selection of 40 students to representthe inaugural class for the Graduate Summer Program (GSP). SingularityUniversity narrowed the final 40 students from a pool of more than 1,200candidate applications around the globe. The summer program begins onJune 29, 2009, based at its campus on the NASA Ames Research Park.SU also announced that leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm,ePlanet Ventures, joins SU as the newest Corporate Founder to support theinstitution.Singularity University is modeled after the successful International SpaceUniversity, founded at MIT in 1987, which has become one of the leadinginterdisciplinary, international and intercultural institutions for thestudy of space.

The Graduate Summer Program is a nine-week graduate-levelinterdisciplinary curriculum designed to facilitate understanding,collaboration, and innovation across a broad range of carefully chosenscientific and technological disciplines whose developments areexponentially accelerating.A Look at the Summer ClassStudents for the inaugural summer program were chosen based on their levelof expertise in individual "tracks," demonstrated entrepreneurial andleadership skills, and their commitment to addressing and solvingimportant issues facing our world."The level of interest from candidates around the world exceeded ourinitial expectations," said Dr Ray Kurzweil, co-founder of SingularityUniversity. "We received applications from expert candidates in over 60countries, so competition was very tough for the 40 open spots Narrowingthe field was challenging. The selected students embody the keycharacteristics, experience, and 'start-up mentality' we believe arerequired to address our grandest challenges today and tomorrow."The summer class is composed of 26 men and 14 women, ranging in age from22 to 47 years old. The 13 nations represented are: USA, Canada, Israel,United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, India, New Zealand, Poland,Portugal, Turkey, and Russia.Specific experience and expertise in one of the ten key fields of study,or "tracks," was required to secure a spot in the inter-disciplinaryinstitution. The number of student experts in each of the ten tracks are:future studies and forecasting -- 5; policy, law and ethics -- 7; financeand entrepreneurship -- 5; networks and computing systems -- 6;biotechnology and bioinformatics -- 3; nanotechnology -- 2; medicine,neuroscience and human enhancement -- 4; AI, robotics -- 3; energy andecological systems -- 2; and space and physical sciences -- 3."It's rare that a new university comes into existence, and we are proud ofthe students representing this first class," said Dr Peter H Diamandis,co-founder of Singularity University.

"Ray Kurzweil and I look forward toseeing what this stellar combination of students and faculty will producethroughout the course of the program The potential is unlimited. And, wetruly believe Singularity University will positively impact humanity."Venture Capital Support Behind SUePlanet Ventures joins SU as the only venture capital firm at theCorporate Founder level, with a donation of $250,000. In addition tofinancial support for SU, the firm will mentor students as they developprojects and new business ideas, a partner will serve as an advisor andlecturer on the Finance and Entrepreneurship track, and sit on the Boardof Trustees. Google is an existing Corporate Founder."The close alignment of our goals with SU made the partnership a naturalfit," said Asad Jamal, Chairman and CEO of ePlanet Ventures.

"ePlanetVentures was founded to support innovation in technology and sciences, andhas been a leader in discovering disruptive innovation and promotingcross-border migration of technological innovation, business models andentrepreneurship. We anticipate great ideas and global solutions to comefrom SU with the expert concentration of students, faculty, and othersupporters. We're thrilled to be a part of this innovative venture fromthe start."Interest in sponsoring Singularity University has been strong since itsfounding, and nearly all its financial supporting positions have beenfilled. Three positions are still available to join ePlanet Ventures andGoogle as Corporate Founders, and SU is in discussions with a number ofthe Bay Area companies to fill the remaining positions. Please visit for more information on corporate andindividual sponsorship.Looking ForwardSingularity University will offer 3-day "C-level" and 10-day "mid-level"executive management programs in Fall '09 Exact program dates will beannounced later in the year. Interested candidates can submit applicationsand request additional information at SINGULARITY UNIVERSITYSingularity University (SU) is an interdisciplinary university whosemission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who striveto understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancingtechnologies in order to address humanity's grand challenges. With thesupport of a broad range of leaders in academia, business and government,SU hopes to stimulate groundbreaking, disruptive thinking and solutionsaimed at solving some of the planet's most pressing challenges SU isbased at the NASA Ames campus in Silicon Valley.