Asbestos Dangers Lurk in Fire-damaged Seattle Apartments
Ever since a two-alarm fire in July, many residents are convinced that they’re breathing airborne asbestos fibers.Source: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
‘Miscommunication’ With Contractor Means Some Asbestos Left in FL School Displacing Students
School Officials Ask For $350,000 More to Abate Remaining Asbestos, Finish Extensive Renovations at Tice ElementarySource: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
MolMed a new patent on its anticancer NGR-hTNF
MolMed S.p.A. announces today receipt of the official notification from the European Patent Office of the decision to grant a patent covering the therapeutic use of its investigational anticancer drug NGR-hTNF at low doses.Source: www.topix.com Via new…
A targeted approach to asbestos-related cancer
A new targeted therapy for asbestos-related tumours has shown promise in an animal model.Source: www.topix.com Via newsmixx: home News
Verastem Announces Start of Late-stage Trial for Meso Drug
The company’s president hopes they’ll be filing for FDA approval by the end of the trial.Source: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
Mesothelioma: A targeted approach to asbestos-related cancer
A new targeted therapy for asbestos-related tumors has shown promise in an animal model. The results raise hopes of a new therapy for this currently incurable cancer. Malignant mesothelioma (MMs) is a rare form of cancer, most commonly caused by exposu…
Verastem begins potential pivotal trial in mesothelioma
Verastem Inc. on Tuesday announced the start of a late-stage trial of its potential drug for mesothelioma which it hopes will form the basis of a new drug application in as soon as three years.Source: www.topix.com Via newsmixx: home News
Asbestos Contaminated Abandoned LA Schools May House Charter Schools
LAUSD Seeking Proposals for Redevelopment of 4 Campuses As District Struggles With Acres of Blighted PropertySource: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
Vermont Reaches Agreement with Owner of Old Asbestos Mine
The mine, located in the towns of Eden and Lowell, has long been a health threat to nearby residents.Source: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
Asbestos scare hits Vic fire trucks
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade has hired experts to clean every truck at its 47 fire stations across the city after asbestos was found at its Thornbury mechanics workshop.Source: www.topix.com Via newsmixx: home News
9/11 Steel Beams Find a New Home at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Steel Beam Underwent Thorough Cleaning to Remove Asbestos, Dust Remnants from the Collapse of the North TowerSource: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
Study Says Hospice Care Often Overlooked in Favor of Intensive Treatment for Late-Stage Cancer Patients
The Dartmouth College researchers determined that such decisions might be overlooking a person’s chance of experiencing comfort in their dying days.Source: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News
Unanswered Questions Regarding Asbestos Exposure: Concerns for the Next Generation
In A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases , pp. 153-169, doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-149-3_8 Despite the numerous manuscripts published on the respiratory health effects of asbestos over the past 50 years, there are a number of cl…
Potential years of life lost (PYLL) caused by asbestos-related diseases in the world
Background We applied the well-established, but rather under-utilized, indicator of Potential Years of Life Lost to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis.Source: www.topix.com Via newsmixx: home News
Meso Experts to Gather for a One-Day NYC Conference
The event, entitled “Knowledge is Hope”, will be hosted by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation.Source: www.mesothelioma.com Via newsmixx: home News