I was taught when you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. So I'm being very quiet about this announcement. Doesn't mean that I didn't mutter to myself while reading it! Ruth Scuderi (who is biting her tongue about this "News" Announcement Westfield, MA ------------------------------------ 18 Year Study in PEDIATRICS Links Breast Feeding to Increased IQ and Improved Educational Achievement; DHA Suggested as the Cause COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1998--Martek Biosciences Corporation (NASDAQ: MATK) announced today that the January 1998 issue of PEDIATRICS (Vol. 101 No. 1 January 1998) in an article entitled "Breastfeeding and Later Cognitive and Academic Outcomes" by Horwood and Fergusson (New Zealand), reported that in an 18 year longitudinal study of over 1,000 children, those who were breast-fed as infants had both better intelligence and greater academic achievement than those who were infant- formula fed children. The authors cite the importance of DHA in the neurological development of children and recommend the need to "develop improved infant formulas with properties more similar to those of human breast milk that may lead to improved developmental outcomes in children." The study supports conclusions of more than 20 similar, well controlled studies over the last 20 years, that breast-fed babies have a significant cognitive enhancement over formula-fed babies. The Horwood and Fergusson study, however, went beyond the measurement of an enhanced IQ and demonstrated that the children who were breast-fed as infants were considerably more likely than those who were formula-fed to successfully complete their high school education. Their data indicated that breast-fed babies have a 38% greater likelihood of completing their high school matriculation than formula-fed babies even after allowances were made for confounding social, familial and perinatal factors. Although the study cannot conclude that DHA provided to the breast-fed infants from their mothers' milk was the sole cause of the improved achievement scores, the authors point out recent controlled intervention studies demonstrating similar outcomes in infants with DHA-supplemented formulas and conclude that: "...the weight of evidence clearly favors the view that exposure to breast-feeding is associated with small but detectable increases in childhood cognitive ability and educational achievement, with it being likely that these increases reflect the effects of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid levels and, particularly, DHA levels on early neurodevelopment." Martek's patented DHA/arachidonic acid-rich oils are incorporated in infant formulas in 24 countries reaching markets with a total population of 900 million. Market Biosciences is engaged in the research, development and manufacture of nutritional supplements, drug design technology, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. The Company's strategy is to access the vast but largely untapped microalgae kingdom to create a broad portfolio of high-value products that uniquely satisfy unmet nutritional and health needs. CONTACT: Martek Biosciences Corp., Columbia Steve Dubin Chief Financial Officer 410/740-0081