18 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Asbestos bodies: clues to the mechanism of asbestos toxicity?
…lung, ascorbate was oxidized to oxalate in the presence of H2O2, a reaction inhibited by the iron chelator deferoxamine. The author called this a novel mechanism that may contribute to the pathogenicity of asbestos fibers. Oxidation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Early inflammatory response to asbestos exposure in rat and hamster lungs: role of inducible nitric oxide synthase
…inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) plays a role in the development of asbestos-related pulmonary disorders. The pulmonary reactions of rats and hamsters upon exposure to asbestos fibers are well known to be disparate. In addition…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Re: Controlled use of asbestos
…which were not published, reported fibrotic lesions or lung damage; in 1966 the Coalinga sample produced the most severe reaction. The authors stated that UCC consultants misrepresented Pinkerton's data. Their review of King City mine…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Association of transforming growth factor beta1 gene polymorphisms and asbestos-induced fibrosis and tumors
…Therefore, we examined an association between the 2 TGF-beta1 gene polymorphisms and asbestos-induced lung fibrosis and lung cancer. Detection of the 2 polymorphisms was performed by rapid capillary polymerase chain reaction, with melting curve…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Oxalate deposition on asbestos bodies
…vitro generated approximately 42 nmol of oxalate in 24 hours. Oxalate generation was diminished significantly by the inclusion of either deferoxamine or dimethylthiourea in the reaction mixture. Incubation of asbestos bodies and uncoated fibers isolated from…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · May 31, 2006 · in the opinion
John Crane, Inc. v. Puller (2006)
…929] husband's personality or ability to engage in all the intangible associations which marriage brings; he too suffers the effect of the change, if only in reaction to his wife's unhappiness. Today, at least…
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Court case · Louisiana Court of Appeals · March 28, 2001 · in the opinion
Abadie v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. (2001)
…asbestos fibers, once inhaled, remain in place in the lung, causing a tissue reaction that is slowly progressive and apparently irreversible. Even if no additional fibers are inhaled, tissue damage may continue undetected for decades. Furthermore…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Additional proteins in BAL fluid of Metsovites environmentally exposed to asbestos: more evidence of "protection" against neoplasia?
…The two proteins were present in all Metsovites with PCs but in none without PCs and also in none of the control groups. This study further separates two groups of Metsovites with different reaction to asbestos…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · April 26, 2005 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook (2005)
…the husband's personality or ability to engage in all the intangible associations which marriage brings; he too suffers the effect of the change, if only in reaction to his wife's unhappiness. Today, at least…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Appeals · April 26, 2005 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook (2005)
…the husband's personality or ability to engage in all the intangible associations which marriage brings; he too suffers the effect of the change, if only in reaction to his wife's unhappiness. Today, at least…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · April 15, 2009 · in the opinion
Daley v. AW Chesterton, Inc. (2009)
…become imbedded in lung or other tissue. The reaction consists of the body "walling off" the foreign matter with fibrous cells such that it eventually produces scar-like tissue which builds up over many years. \ \ \ Pulmonary…
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Court case · Maryland Court of Special Appeals · October 30, 2002 · in the opinion
Owens-Illinois v. Gianotti (2002)
…matters not usually reflected in a cold record. The judge is able to ascertain the demeanor of the witnesses and to note the reaction of the jurors and counsel to inadmissible matters. That is to say…
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Court case · U.S. Supreme Court · March 10, 2003 · in the opinion
Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Ayers (2003)
…See id., at 433. The distress the employee alleged, including his emotional reaction to an incremental, increased risk of dying from cancer, was beyond the ability of a jury to evaluate with precision, heightening the danger…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · May 21, 2002 · in the opinion
Ballard v. Armstrong World Indus. (Matter of Seventh Jud. Dist. Asbestos Litig., 2002)
…substantially the same questions of fact, as happens when large numbers of plaintiffs allege that they have developed similar illnesses in reaction to a particular toxic substance \ \ \ In such circumstances, consolidation permits the federal court to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Asbestos and the pleura: a review
…in pleural disease, laboratory research on how asbestos damages cells, and United States public policy. They described four benign pleural reactions (effusions, circumscribed plaques, diffuse pleural thickening and rounded atelectasis) as well as mesothelioma. Citing other…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · August 25, 2005 · in the opinion
Summers v. Certainteed Corp. (2005)
…asbestos related ailments, including lung cancer, excessive cigarette smoking, heart disease, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. Mr. Summers has three of those conditions — excessive cigarette smoking, asthma, emphysema (a cause of chronic obstructive lung disease). ¶ 22…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · March 22, 2000 · in the opinion
Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. (2000)
…obesity, asthma, emphysema and allergic reactions. All three appellant-husbands smoked cigarettes at some point in their lives and the record reflects that appellant Watkins is overweight and suffers from heart problems. Taylor, 666 A.2d…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · December 14, 2006 · in the opinion
Quarles v. Advocate Mines Limited (2006)
…something beyond asbestosis, and with asbestosis, you see scarring not seen with the other forms. With the scarring and other complications of asbestos, particularly pleural reactions, come a greater risk of developing cancer. Also, while age…