Date:3/4/2009

shelf-life and flavor of the finished food or beverage product. This technology is expected to expand the range of food and beverage products that can incorporate life'sDHA(TM) and enhance Martek's ability to produce high-quality, cost-effective DHA powders. Martek is granted a perpetual and generally exclusive license to the technology for use with DHA and other polyunsaturated fatty acids, while General Mills retains the right to this technology for its own use and exclusively for uses within certain of its core businesses.

New Data Published on Benefits of DHA - The benefits of DHA supplementation were recently discussed in the following publications.

• A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (January 2009) evaluated the effects of providing a higher than usual level of DHA to 657 very premature infants (33 weeks or less) during the early weeks of life in order to achieve the DHA levels equal to those of a term infant. The results of a preplanned analysis by gender found that premature girls on the high DHA diet scored five points higher on the Bayley Mental Development Index than did the girls receiving the standard DHA diet. This resulted in a 55% reduction in mild mental delay and an 80% reduction in significant mental delay. These were statistically significant improvements versus the control. The benefits were not significant in males. Martek's life'sDHA(TM) as well as DHA derived from fish oil was used in the study.
• The results of a study published online (January 2009) and which will appear in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Nutrition evaluated the effect of DHA on several indicators of inflammation in 34 hypertriglyceridemic men. As a result of DHA supplementation, several indicators of inflammation were improved, including: the number of circulating neutrophils; the concentrations of C-reactive protein ("CRP"); interleukin
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