Researchers depend in part on “lines” of mice bred and raised to be the same, and assumed to be the same.  The assumptions are being...

It’s hard to believe, but the pace of molecular science continues to accelerate. And it’s increasingly focused on disease causation...

Tufts biologists induced one species of flatworm — G. dorotocephala, top left — to grow heads and brains characteristic of other species...

“When Florence Metz turned in her Ph.D. thesis on water protection policy this year at the University of Bern in Switzerland, she thought...

Some people assume change in law is always slow. Is that really true? Not always. Consider all of the ongoing change regarding the...

Daunting data on viruses and cancer is set out in a new, open access article in Cancer Epidemiology. The article is part of the European...

Where did 2015 go? It soon will be time for the annual ACI Asbestos Litigation Conference in Philadelphia, this year on January 14 and...

Yes, movies like this are a big deal as to public perception. And all should keep in mind that some members of the public end up on...

Some collections of human are slow learners or have other issues. For example, Coke just took yet another public relations hit for lack...

For years, I’ve been barking about the failure of asbestos defendants to look at and invest in science related to asbestos disease. Now,...

Science and law intersections continue to create possible new applications of old rules, and possible new rules for new products. For an...

Professional medical societies usually are not thought of as radical groups. Therefore, it’s especially notable that a large, global...

Change is a constant in asbestos litigation. One new change for 2015  is four prominent plaintiff firms banding together for the the...

Ralph Nader’s tort history museum is open and some media stories are providing an overview. It’s almost always useful to look at history...

GM’s long journey continues. This week it obtained arguably favorable outcomes with settlements with the government, shareholders and...

Today will bring a new experience in speaking and writing about asbestos litigation: presenting as part of a panel at the 2015 annual...

2014  –  p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code by Sue Armstrong. Goodreads page is here. A useful and learned 2015 review by Prives...

Readers of the blog know my view that science matters for toxic tort litigation, and have seen many posts here about aspects of the...

Moore’s law is slowing, a bit. The time to double computing power on a chip is now more in the range of 2.5 years, than 2 years,...

The medical and biology revolutions continue. Theranos now has FDA approval for 1 of its battery of blood tests that are cheap, fast and...