| Attorney Alan R. Brayton Named President of TLPJ Foundation
Alan Brayton of the law firm, Brayton Purcell, was elected President of The TLPJ Foundation, a national public ointerest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills to advance the public good. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 18, 2006 -- Alan R. Brayton was elected President of The TLPJ Foundation on July 16, 2006, at the organization's annual membership meeting in Seattle. The TLPJ Foundation is the nonprofit parent of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), a national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to advance the public good.
"Al is one of our nation's preeminent trial lawyers and a tireless advocate for public justice," said outgoing TLPJ Foundation President Thomas M. Dempsey of the Law Offices of Thomas M. Dempsey in Los Angeles.
Statins May Help Treat Mesothelioma
NEW YORK JUL 12, 2006 (Reuters Health) - Statins reverse doxorubicin resistance in human malignant mesothelioma cells in culture, a finding that may lead to new clinical strategies to improve doxorubicin efficacy in this hard to treat cancer. "The mechanism of statin-mediated inhibition of small G-protein function is the molecular basis of the drug-elicited reversion of doxorubicin resistance in human malignant mesothelioma cells," Dr. Amalia Bosia from University of Torino, Italy told Reuters Health. Dr. Bosia and colleagues investigated the ability of statins to reverse resistance to doxorubicin in drug-resistant primary human malignant mesothelioma cells and the molecular mechanism behind the reversion, according to their report in the July 1st issue of the International Journal of Cance Mevastatin and simvastatin significantly increased the intracellular accumulation of doxorubicin in the mesothelioma cells and increased the cytotoxicity of doxorubicin, the authors report.
All Hail the New Marketing Overlord: Google!
As others have noted, if you think back on the fantasies of past civilizations you'll find that most of them have become a reality in one way or another. The crystal ball that would show events in far away lands is cable news; the spherical shape was changed to accommodate the crawl at the bottom of the screen. The magic carpet once lusted for is, of course, now an airliner (the modern version is better, you get a free soda). Who could forget the horn that took down the walls of Jericho? Any country with nuclear weapons can not only take down city walls, it can also simultaneously smite enemies inside. There is at least one ancient dream that is on the precipice of blossoming into reality: the ancient idea of an all-knowing oracle. In the past, kings and rulers yearned for an oracle to free them from the burdens of onerous leadership decisions.
Govt, opposition differ on ways to make it flawless
The ruling BNP and the opposition Awami League (AL) lawmakers yesterday in parliament agreed about the need for a flawless voter list, but differed on the ways to have it prepared. The AL lawmakers called for the voter list to be prepared through reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC). They said the chief election commissioner (CEC) and two election commissioners must resign for the people to regain confidence in the EC. In reply to AL lawmaker Abdur Razzak, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said they too want a flawless voter list, but the constitution does not allow the government power to remove any member of the EC. "It's solely the Election Commission's jurisdiction to prepare the voter list. We hope they will prepare an accurate voter list in accordance with the Supreme Court's verdict," Moudud said.
Compensation speeded up for asbestos cancer claims
PEOPLE suffering from lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos will receive compensation more quickly under moves introduced by the government yesterday. John Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary, said the system would be speeded up to ensure people suffering from mesothelioma received their money before they died. He said interim measures to speed up the claims process would be put into action now.. About 1,800 people are currently diagnosed with mesothelioma each year, and as many as 2,400 people could die from it annually by 2013. But while the disease has a long latency period, people typically die within 12 to 18 months of having it diagnosed. Under the new measures insurance claims handlers will be told to give priority to mesothelioma claims.
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