Pasted below is a fascinating press release from a proteomics company known as SomaLogic. The gist is the scientists were able to predict...

The molecular revolution continues to expand. Some of the new evidence arises from the FDA’s December 19, 2017 approval of a therapy...

The times they are a changing, as evidenced by this January 10 and 11 workshop sponsored by NAS:  The Promise of Genome Editing Tools to...

Yet another example of how biomarkers evolve, and could matter for litigation over alleged or actual injuries, as set out in a September...

Talc litigation is providing yet another example of the reality that product liability litigation can be complicated by multiple parties...

Does new science matter? Ask the NFL.  “A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have...

The molecular revolution continues, with continuing implications for improving our understanding of how external events effect our cells....

A recent article caught my eye as it in some ways bridges older and newer lines of thinking and living.  The article describes current...

Interesting to see how times change. By the time I finished law school in 1983, no one had mentioned “dawn raids” or apps to address...

The ongoing revolution in molecular science will help answer fascinating questions, such as why is there is more materially more autism...

In the shameless self-promotion department, another article on “omics” and torts. LAW360 kindly published this on February 21, 2017.  In...

A bit of shameless self promotion for me and colleagues at Innovative Science Solutions. This week brought us 15 seconds of “fame”...

Image of World Cancer Day 2017 It is World Cancer Day 2017. The many diseases we call “cancer” will kill tens of millions over the coming...

How does/can a product “cause” an undesired outcome in the formation of limbs or diseases such as cancer, and how can/does one test to...

One year ago, Illumina announced a stunning goal: find all cancers very early (stage 1 or 2) through use of massive computing power and...

Nathan Schactman added a coda to his prior post on the probable demise of the ancient document exception to the rule against hearsay....

2016 has been quite the year, and it looks as if 2017 could be quite the year. To close out this year, a link to Nathan Schactman’s...

This week brings another example of how quickly science and technology are providing new opportunities and risks related to new products...

ACI’s 22nd Asbestos Claims & Litigation forum, January 12-13 at the Union League of Philadelphia, is an event where law, science, and...

It’s not been a good run of days for asbestos defendants and other current and former sellers of alleged toxins. Yesterday,  under the...