In searching for better outcomes for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer, achieving earlier diagnosis is a top priority that would facilitate faster and more effective treatment. Two papers published by researchers from a laboratory at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) may signal a real breakthrough in achieving
Recently renamed Fort Bragg again, after briefly being named Fort Liberty, Fort Bragg covers over 251 square miles and is the headquarters of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. Based on the 52,000 military personnel who serve there, it is one of the largest military installations in the world by population. The North Carolina base
Walk into any barber shop in America and you’re likely to find Clubman talc. The iconic product in the green bottle is one of the oldest brands of talcum powder, and its application after a shave and a haircut — whether applied directly or on a shaving brush — has long been a part of
United Gilsonite Laboratories (UGL) was a paint and coatings manufacturer originally based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. UGL manufactured and sold more than eighty products, including a waterproofing and leak-prevention compound and a wood finish. UGL filed for bankruptcy after an asbestos-containing joint compound that it produced from 1954 to 1975 was named in multiple mesothelioma lawsuits.
When people are diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, the most common treatment approach is the combination chemotherapy protocol of cisplatin and pemetrexed. Researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland set out to investigate whether a schedule-dependent approach would increase mesothelioma cells’ sensitivity to capecitabine as it does in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They
Whittaker, Clark and Daniels, Inc. was a talc supplier with a history of mining and supplying talc to well-known consumer product companies for use in their cosmetic talc products. The talc that the company sold was contaminated with asbestos and has been linked to ovarian cancer, pleural mesothelioma, peritoneal mesothelioma, and other asbestos-related diseases. After
The Army is the land service branch of America’s military. Its earliest iteration was the Continental Army, formed when the new nation was fighting for its independence from Britain. Officially established by an act of Congress in June of 1784, the U.S. Army began constructing forts and bases shortly thereafter in 1785. Army infrastructure expanded
Today, the Yarway Corporation is a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Company, but the company had its start in Philadelphia in 1908 as the Simplex Engineering Company. Yarway manufactured component parts and equipment, including gaskets, valves, and packaging, many of which contained asbestos. This led to thousands of personal injury claims filed by people diagnosed with
For over sixty years, Vanderbilt Minerals mined talc and sold it to a wide range of industries. The company’s talc has been blamed for thousands of cases of malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. Although Vanderbilt Minerals has consistently maintained that its talc is not contaminated with asbestos, juries across the country have disagreed and
Eastern Magnesia talc was a brand of industrial talc sold by Engelhard Corporation, the predecessor to BASF Catalysts, LLC. The talc was named in numerous asbestos lawsuits that were dismissed based on claims that the talc contained no asbestos. This was later shown to be untrue, and it was discovered that Engelhard and its attorneys concealed