Home renovators are being reminded of the dangers of removing asbestos from older properties and the risk of inhaling fibres which could lead to deadly mesothelioma. “It’s in homes for renovators, it’s in factory buildings with [asbestos] sheets and al…
They were two of the ‘three men in a room’-the three politicians who control New York state. Now Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos are in separate courtrooms, both accused of corruption.
Automated lung segmentation in thoracic computed tomography scans is essential for the development of computer-aided diagnostic methods. A core segmentation method may be developed for general application; however, modifications may be required for spe…
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. In the United States and many parts of the world, more people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer.
Professor Bruce Robinson, from the University of Western Australia, has discovered a way to use new immunotherapy and DNA sequencing techniques to fight tumours, and his research could have human trials within a year. Professor Robinson’s vaccine is ba…
Barry Knowles worked as a builder and handled asbestos materials all his life, so he was not surprised when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma. But the former member for the Pilbara, Larry Graham, who helped close down Australia’s largest blue asbestos…
Aduro Biotech, Inc. today announced that it has received a milestone payment from Janssen Biotech, Inc. for Aduro’s submission of an Investigational New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for ADU-741, a LADD immunotherapy product…
The study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of amatuximab, a monoclonal antibody that targets mesothelin, when combined with the standard chemotherapy regimen pemetrexed plus cisplatin. The MORAb-009-201 study design is based on the exposure respon…
If only jurors in Sheldon Silver’s corruption trial could hear not only the truth but the whole truth about the former Assembly speaker. They would hear that he is a shameless bald-faced liar.
Danger and firefighting go hand in glove. Anyone with a serious mind to pursuing a career in the profession understands the risks and, to a certain extent, are there because of the risks.
In its counterclaim, Simon Greenstone alleges that Garlock and Garrison Litigation Management Group, which manages Garlock’s asbestos litigation, “made and caused others to make false and fraudulent misrepresentations in asbestos personal injury and wr…
In Folta v. Ferro Engineering , Ill.S.Ct. Docket No. 118070, Nov. 4, 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed an Illinois Appellate Court decision and held that a personal injury and subsequent wrongful death suit brought on behalf of a former employe…
A Philadelphia jury has awarded a deceased factory worker and his wife $1.7 million, in what one litigator said may be the first asbestos case tried against an employer. The jury in Busbey v.
The family of a former machinist is appealing to her former workmates for help in her asbestos investigation following her dearth from mesothelioma – a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos dust and fibres Ethel Morris, from I…
CHICAGO : Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, New York City, was elected Chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons during the College’s annual Clinical Congress, held in Chicago, last month. A thoracic surgeon, Dr. Rusch is the vice-cha…