The IMIG Board of Directors is pleased to announce that 3 Young Investigator Awards will be given at the upcoming IMIG meeting in Kyoto.
The funding for these three awards has been donated in honor of 3 important advocacy organizations that work to ban asbestos:

BANJAN (Ban Asbestos Network Japan) Young Investigator Award ($2000)
ADAO (Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization) Young Investigator Award ($1500)
IBAS (International Ban Asbestos Secretariat) Young Investigator Award ($1500)

Awardees will be selected by the IMIG Board from submitted abstracts for the Kyoto meeting.

Submit your abstracts here by June 1st.

An article by Dr Hedy Kindler unraveling the path to a better diagnosis and treatment of malignant mesothelioma. Here she analyses the latest findings in chemotherapy, targeted agents, biomarkers and delineates the therapeutic research opportunities for the future.

Daniel H Sterman MD and Steven M Albelda MD.
University of Pennsylvania Med Ctr, Philadelphia, USA.
Read here: 2006 January Vol4 Issue1