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New Research Points to Greater Cancer Risk For 9/11 Responders

by Michael Barasch | Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson PC on 5/22/2013

We have talked extensively about the risk to workers and others exposed to environmental hazards at Ground Zero. A new study reflects the message of earlier research initiatives — exposure to carcinogenic materials during...more

A Nice, Straightforward Administrative Law Decision: HHS’s Decision to List Styrene as Reasonably Anticipated to Cause Cancer is...

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 5/20/2013

Last week, in Styrene Information and Research Center v. Sebelius, Judge Reggie Walton of the District Court for the District of Columbia rejected challenges to the decision by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to list styrene...more

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 4-12-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/15/2013

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House... ...Governor LePage’s second veto of the 126th Legislature was sustained...more

Isolated Genes Remain Patentable: Federal Circuit Revisits Issue in Light of Supreme Court’s Mayo Ruling

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 11/8/2012

Originally published in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, November 1, 2012. In a very important decision for the biotech industry, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently reaffirmed its holding that...more

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by Rania Karam on 5/6/2011

This paper outlines the role that nanotechnology might play in the future of cancer. The research points to the legal and ethical issues of this growing technology, and examines the technological and biological sides....more

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New Research Points to Greater Cancer Risk For 9/11 Responders

A Nice, Straightforward Administrative Law Decision: HHS’s Decision to List Styrene as Reasonably Anticipated to Cause Cancer is...

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 4-12-13

Isolated Genes Remain Patentable: Federal Circuit Revisits Issue in Light of Supreme Court’s Mayo Ruling

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