Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. A former Skegness guesthouse owner who died, aged 73, in the town’s hospital had been subjected to contact with…
Yellowstone County has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a case brought by a former courthouse janitor who eventually died of mesothelioma. The Billings Gazette reports the county reached the settlement in November with the estate of Lauren DuPuis, who …
Dr. Gutierrez will be responsible for the overall strategic direction and medical oversight of the clinical development of SELLAS’ novel product candidates and will identify further opportunities for development and strategic collaborations. to the tea…
New report shows management of asbestos in schools remains noncompliant, disorganized and inconsistent.
As it currently stands, mesothelioma is an incurable form of cancer that affects the lining of organs. Caused only by asbestos, mesothelioma takes decades to develop and once symptoms present themselves, has typically progressed to a Stage 4 cancer. Those diagnosed typically survive less than two years. Current treatments involve surgery and chemotherapy, but they more
Michele Carbone and colleagues, from the University of Hawaii, discovered that members of 4 families, apparently unrelated and living in different US States, shared the identical mutation of a gene called BAP1 that is associated with a higher incidence…
The MexTAg transgenic mouse model of mesothelioma replicates many aspects of human mesothelioma, including induction by asbestos, pathogenicity and response to cytotoxic chemotherapy, despite high levels of the SV40 large T Antigen in the mesothelial c…
A BRADFORD MP has welcomed a Government announcement of an improved compensation package for armed forces veterans who suffer from mesothelioma disease. The decision follows an ongoing campaign to address the treatment of veterans who will die from can…
‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reiterated by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research note issued on Thursday, MarketBeat.Com reports.
The office of U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold says House members may vote on the controversial bill before 2016.
Military veterans newly diagnosed with asbestos-linked cancer will be offered the choice of lump sum payments, the Government has announced. A loophole means civilian mesothelioma victims are eligible to receive a lump sum while such an option does not…
Advocates for those affected from diseases stemming from the 9/11 attacks are confident bill will pass.
Aduro Biotech, Inc. today announced that it has received a milestone payment from Janssen Biotech, Inc. for the acceptance of an Investigational New Drug Application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for ADU-741, a LADD immunotherapy product can…
The agreement provides Biocare with a worldwide non-exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize an IHC kit for detection of mesothelin on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissues. This is the second such agreement between Morphote…
FOOTBALL in the Wyre Forest has “lost a true gentleman” as Kidderminster Lions Football Club chairman Jim Tyler loses his battle with cancer. After being diagnosed in May this year with mesothelioma, the 76-year-old lover of football sadly lost his lif…