New Research Could Help Provide Answers To Mesothelioma, England (Medical News Today)
The British Lung Foundation is working with the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund to support new research which could lead to better treatments for mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer that affects the tissues lining the outside of the lung and the chest wall (pleura). Following a competitive grant application process, Dr Stefan Marciniak at the UniversityofCambridge was ...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:31:57 GMT
Possible Vaccine For Mesothelioma Proven Safe (Medical News Today)
Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure. The vaccine, which infuses uses a patient's own dendritic cells (DC) with antigen from the patient's tumor, was able to induce a T-cell response against mesothelioma tumors. "[This] is the first human study on DC-based immunotherapy in patients with ...
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:46:44 GMT
Hard-working welder served in Korean War (The Toledo Blade)
BLADE STAFF DEERFIELD, Mich. - Melvin D. Smotherman, a skilled welder whose craft took him to the Davis-Besse and Fermi nuclear power plants, Toledo's shipyard, and area foundries, died Thursday in his home in Deerfield. Mr. Smotherman, 77, died of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer attributed to his work, daughter Vanda Stauffer said Sunday. He learned his trade while in the Air Force ...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:55:53 GMT
Possible Mesothelioma Vaccine Proven Safe (redOrbit)
Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure.
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:16:49 GMT
Possible vaccine for mesothelioma proven safe (Science Daily)
Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure. The vaccine, which infuses uses a patient's own dendritic cells with antigen from the patient's tumor, was able to induce a T-cell response against mesothelioma tumors.
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:10:19 GMT
National Asbestos Awareness Week to raise awareness about prevalence of asbestos-related diseases (News-Medical-Net)
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, the leading organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today applauds Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN - 09) and cosponsors for introducing a resolution that declares the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness Week” and seeks to “raise public awareness about the prevalence of asbestos-related diseases and the dangers of ...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:37:43 GMT
U.K.: Justice for Asbestos Disease Victims Requires Mesothelioma Research Funding (PRWeb)
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? (PRWeb Mar 5, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3689764.htm
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:15:34 GMT
U.K.: Justice for Asbestos Disease Victims Requires Mesothelioma Research Funding (PRWeb)
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? (PRWeb Mar 5, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3689764.htm
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:15:34 GMT
U.K.: Justice for Asbestos Disease Victims Requires Mesothelioma Research Funding (PRWeb)
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? (PRWeb Mar 5, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3689764.htm
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:15:34 GMT
bioTheranostics launches CancerTYPE ID database and KRAS mutational testing (News-Medical-Net)
bioTheranostics, a bioMerieux company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative molecular diagnostic tests in oncology, announces the launch of an expanded tumor-type database for its flagship product, CancerTYPE ID®, and the launch of KRAS mutational testing.
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:09:22 GMT
bioTheranostics launches CancerTYPE ID database and KRAS mutational testing (News-Medical-Net)
bioTheranostics, a bioMerieux company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative molecular diagnostic tests in oncology, announces the launch of an expanded tumor-type database for its flagship product, CancerTYPE ID®, and the launch of KRAS mutational testing.
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:09:22 GMT
Advancing Mesothelioma Research (PRWeb)
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation funds eight new research projects to advance critically-needed mesothelioma treatments (http://www.curemeso.org/site/c.kkLUJ7MPKtH/b.3080019/k.6189/Mesothelioma_Treatment.htm). (PRWeb Feb 24, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/mesothelioma-research/mesothelioma-treatment/prweb3644754 ...
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:15:28 GMT
Advancing Mesothelioma Research (PRWeb)
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation funds eight new research projects to advance critically-needed mesothelioma treatments (http://www.curemeso.org/site/c.kkLUJ7MPKtH/b.3080019/k.6189/Mesothelioma_Treatment.htm). (PRWeb Feb 24, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/mesothelioma-research/mesothelioma-treatment/prweb3644754 ...
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:15:28 GMT
A surgical cure for diabetic and obese patients (News-Medical-Net)
Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 -- in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes.
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:33:30 GMT
A surgical cure for diabetic and obese patients (News-Medical-Net)
Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients -- those with a body mass index (BMI) of 28 to 35 -- in a study of gastric bypass surgery aimed at reversing Type 2 diabetes.
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:33:30 GMT
Taxi drivers pay tribute to Ken (Crawley Today)
A FLEET of taxi drivers lined an Ifield street to pay tribute to a much loved cabbie, who passed away last month after a four month battle with cancer. (19/02/2010 10:22:14)
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:12:08 GMT
Taxi drivers pay tribute to Ken (Crawley Today)
A FLEET of taxi drivers lined an Ifield street to pay tribute to a much loved cabbie, who passed away last month after a four month battle with cancer. (19/02/2010 10:22:14)
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:12:08 GMT
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