Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel protein therapeutics for cancer and inflammatory diseases, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the third…
Exploratory Study is First to Evaluate Novel microRNA Replacement Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma First Clinical Trial Evaluating EDV” Nanocells Packaged with microRNAs /PRNewswire/ — EnGeneIC, Ltd. , an emerging biopharmac…
Asbestos Violations Cost Scheming Construction Companies Nearly $380,000
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As we reshape our city and demolish a large number of buildings in the process we are creating a gritty, dusty environment that is becoming our accepted norm. Professor IAN SHAW explores the impact this new environment might have on our health.
In 1952, Robert Leddy received a draft letter and was soon sent from an Irish neighborhood in Union City to the poverty-stricken paths of South Korea. Leddy, 22 at the time, had never been overseas, so he brought his camera and snapped images of the pe…
Help could be on the way for future mesothelioma patients who need it the most.
Researchers in Spain are the first to successfully identify a specific protein found only in mesothelioma patients with the shortest survival times.
The findings should pro…
Retired Superior Court Judge Sues County for Asbestos Exposure at Courthouse
PITTSFIELD >> I can remember sitting in the doctor’s office in Boston with my father about 19 years ago. The doctor, an affable guy named Sugerbaker, walked briskly into the office and slapped several X-rays of dad’s lungs onto the lightscreen.
Right-to-Die Advocate Brittany Maynard Engages a National Debate Over Physician-Assisted Suicide
Engineered receptors that redirect immune cells to fight cancer could potentially provide long-term immunity against tumors, a new study suggests. Engineered receptors that redirect immune cells to fight cancer could potentially provide long-term immun…
Advancements in nanotechnology have led to a proliferation of nanomaterials for both industrial and consumer use, raising concerns about the potential health effects of exposure to nanoparticles on both workers and the general public. Nanotechnology is…
Naturally occurring asbestos minerals may be more widespread than previously thought, with newly discovered sources now identified within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The asbestos-rich areas are in locations not previously considered to be at risk,…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer Working Group met on September 30-October 7, 2014, to review the carcinogenicity of fluoro-edenite, silicon carbide fibers and whiskers, and carbon nanotubes . A summary of the evaluations has now been pu…