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		<title>V. Courtney Broaddus receives Pioneer Award from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF)</title>
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At the 10th Annual MARF meeting Gala Dinner on June 12th, V. Courtney Broaddus, M.D., Professor of Medicine at  the University of San Francisco and Chief of the Pulmonary Division and Critical Care Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, received a Pioneer Award for her achievements in the research field of mesothelioma and service to MARF.
In addition to her publications on asbestos- induced mechanisms of cell death in mesothelial cells, Courtney has  developed a novel spheroid cell culture system to study signaling pathways of apoptosis resistance in mesothelioma cells and ...]]></description>
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		<title>iMig 2010 Young Investigator Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.

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		<link>http://imig.org/archives/923</link>
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		<title>Asbestos is still with us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article from the Collegium Ramazzini on the need for asbestos ban regulations worldwide.
The first call for a universal ban on asbestos by the Collegium Ramazzini was made in 1999. Still, asbestos is though still mined and used in several countries across the globe. 
This newsletter provides an update on the topic. 

Suggested by Dr Jim teWaterNaude MBChB, MPhil (MCH), FCPHM]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/908</link>
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		<title>Merlin/NF2 suppresses tumorigenesis by inhibiting the E3 ubiquitin ligase CRL4(DCAF1) in the nucleus.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nf2 gene is mutated in 40% of mesotheliomas and and disruption of the Nf2/Merlin signaling is key to Anton Berns' murine mesothelioma model. The authors here propose that Merlin suppresses tumorigenesis by translocating to the nucleus and by inhibiting CRL4(DCAF1), an E3 ubiquitin ligase. This breakthrough finding opens up a new candidate drug target for the treatment of NF2 tumors - especially because many patients have gene mutations that affect this cell signaling pathway at various levels. ]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/749</link>
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		<title>2010 ASCO meeting, Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will be held in Chicago, June 4-8, 2010. This year's Annual Meeting will focus on Advancing Quality through Innovation. More than 30,000 cancer specialists from around the world will gather at the meeting to discuss the latest innovations in research, quality, practice and technology in cancer.]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/726</link>
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		<title>Dr David J Sugarbaker on extra-pleural pneumonectomy at Brigham and Women&#8217;s hospital in Boston.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. David J. Sugarbaker, chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the Brigham &#038; Women's hospital in Boston, talks about the delicate EPP procedure and how this procedure has proved to be key in the war against meso.]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/663</link>
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		<title>Take a tour of the website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top section:
At the topmost portion of the home page, a black horizontal bar contains a pulldown menu where you will find general and background information about iMig, previous iMig meetings, mesothelioma and useful information for patients and their families.
On the right side of this black bar, there is a search field. Here you can search the entire website for specific topics. This search is limited to words or phrases found in the text and will not search within PDF files or videos. For more searching features, see below right on ...]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/441</link>
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		<title>Message from the iMig President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the President of iMig,  I am delighted to welcome you to the redesigned and updated iMig website.
As the leading international organization for physicians and scientists dedicated to mesothelioma research, iMig is proud to unveil this website as part of its mission to communicate with its members across the globe.   Although an iMig website has existed for the past 10 years, thanks to the generosity of our donors, we now have the resources to invest in improving its features, timeliness and interaction with our members.  Many thanks go ...]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/368</link>
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		<title>U.K.: Justice for asbestos disease victims requires mesothelioma research funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.K. recognizes that society’s obligation and moral responsibility to remedy the tragic legacy of decades of asbestos use requires funding research to develop effective medical treatments. Will the United States follow?
Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) March 5, 2010 -- The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation today publicly praised the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice for its progressive and constructive new position on asbestos disease.]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/266</link>
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		<title>Killing the future: asbestos use in Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article from the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat by Laurie Kazan Allen analyzing the effects of the increasing utilization of asbestos in Asia. ]]></description>
		<link>http://imig.org/archives/257</link>
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