An interesting article that one can imagine showing up in future toxic tort claims. The full text is online and free; the article tile...

NCARD and iMig sponsored an October 26, 2013 one day meeting on lung cancer and mesothelioma. The meeting was in Sydney. A program flyer...

As lung cancer claims surge in asbestos litigation, it’s interesting to see new paper finding a correlation between lung cancer and...

SV40. Simian virus 40. As described by my sister the scientist, it can leave cells looking like a bomb went off inside the cell. It’s...

Genomics matter. I’m sitting in a HarrisMartin seminar on genomics and toxic tort litigation. The asbestos plaintiff’s bar is...

The chart above is online here, along with other data on the web site of The Silverstein Group, a communications advisory business....

All victims of mesothelioma are special to a family, but some are more or less famous. More asbestos awareness arises when mesothelioma...

A news article this week reports the discovery of "asbestos" (grunerite) in the ore in an area targeted for a new iron mine in Wisconsin....

There are a few "miracle" drugs in the world of cancer, and they are mainly molecular. The drugs are mainly targeted targeted towards...

Asbestos defendants could be directly attacking big tobacco in lung cancer cases. But most are not. The FDA, however, is continuing to...

As lung cancer claims continue to increase against asbestos defendants (and asbestos trusts), the trusts, defendants and insurers need to...

Here is an article about the book for sale on Ebay. According to the article: "This comes from a super limited, first edition run of 200...

The Spring 2013 British Asbestos Newsletter by Laurie-Kazan Allen includes interesting comments from asbestos lawyers in England. In...

Almost every asbestos lawyer learns something about macrophages trying – but failing – to engulf asbestos fibers. New research findings...

Asbestos lawyers will find of interest the following abstract from AACR’s spring 2013 meeting. The abstract is now posted online and is...

Molecular research on carcinogens continues to expand, and includes studies focused on comparing the molecular level impacts of both...

The European Society of Cardiology has now provided new life expectancy data useful to tobacco plaintiffs and asbestos defendants. The...

The future continues to arrive with increasing analysis of tumor-specific mutations for various types of cancer that increasingly end up...

What should defendants in cancer cases seek as an “appropriate” rule of law on proving causation? More extreme defense arguments on “but...

Molecular toxicology studies continue to expand as scientists examine cells and systems to try to answer questions about "how and why."...