by University of Maryland An asbestos fiber (stained blue) in lung tissue being surrounded by macrophages. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mesothelioma has been a high-profile disease at the center of several multibillion-dollar lawsuits, but the disease itself remains a medical mystery. The incurable cancer develops on the lining of many internal organs—including the...
by CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and their international collaborators have discovered that a protein critical in the embryonic stages of life is reactivated in certain cases of mesothelioma, offering clues into the origin of this aggressive cancer. The study published today in...
An existing immunotherapy drug called pembrolizumab appears to be effective in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive lung cancer that is primarily caused by exposure to asbestos. Writing in The Lancet Oncology, researchers describe the first study to show a positive result from using the antibody drug against this rare cancer. Researchers...
