In addition to concerns over asbestos containing cement pipes, many homes, businesses and institutions can still be found with asbestos containing materials both on the inside and on the outside of the buildings. published a story about residents from …
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discover pembrolizumab also can stop mesothelioma and lung cancer tumor growth.
Asbestos is a set of minerals that occur naturally in the form of fiber bundles. Today, asbestos is recognized as a health hazard and closely regulated.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signs an asbestos bill into law to reduce regulatory burden of asbestos abatement.
Discovery of asbestos in schools, hospitals and police stations prompts action from officials in the U.S., Australia and the U.K.
On April 13, 2015, Justice Barbara Jaffe of the Supreme Court, New York County, issued a decision and order granting the motion by Ford Motor Company to set aside the verdict of $11 million in Juni v. A.O. Smith Water Products Co.
Researchers find pleurectomy/decortication may impact breathing in some patients but ultimately leads to long-term survival when cancer is diagnosed early.
The PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab, a cancer immunotherapy drug, shrank or halted growth of tumors in 76 percent of patients with pleural mesothelioma , a rare and deadly form of cancer that arises in the outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall…
The PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab, a cancer immunotherapy drug, shrank or halted growth of tumors in 76 percent of patients with pleural mesothelioma , a rare and deadly form of cancer that arises in the outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall…
Patients with late-stage lung cancer face a grim prognosis. So do those with mesothelioma, a rare, incurable type of lung cancer usually caused by exposure to asbestos.
Genetically modified versions of patients’ own immune cells successfully traveled to tumors they were designed to attack in an early-stage trial for mesothelioma and pancreatic and ovarian cancers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of…
Promising results of Phase I trial show successful migration of immune cells to tumor sitesGenetically modified versions of patients’ own immune cells successfully traveled to tumors they were…
PD-1 inhibitor is safe, shrank tumors or stabilized disease in most patientsThe PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab, a cancer immunotherapy drug, shrank or halted growth of tumors in 76 percent of…
PD-1 inhibitor is safe, shrank tumors or stabilized disease in most patientsThe PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab, a cancer immunotherapy drug, shrank or halted growth of tumors in 76 percent of…
Promising results of Phase I trial show successful migration of immune cells to tumor sitesGenetically modified versions of patients’ own immune cells successfully traveled to tumors they were…