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This week a clinical trial was announced that will enroll mesothelioma patients to be treated with an agent called antineoplaston. This therapy is based on a group of molecules discovered by Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and are considered alternative therapy… more »

30th September 2005 : Simian Virus 40 and Mesothelioma ...

Because of the fact that a small percentage, maybe 5%, of people exposed to asbestos develop Mesothelioma, some researchers have wondered if there could be an environmental trigger like a viral infection in addition to genetic factors and asbestos. Acco… more »
The company Alfacell has been conducting phase IIIb trials with a new drug called Onconase for use in malignant mesothelioma. One of the problems with cancer cells is that they have lost the ability to self-destruct when they are genetically damaged. T… more »
The drug Thalidomide first appeared in Europe in the 1950s as a sleeping pill. It became a tragic example of how wrong things can go with a licensed drug. Thalidomide was also used for pregnant women with morning sickness. When the drug is taken in the… more »
The Human Genome Project was a landmark collaborative study to map the entire human genome, that is read all the millions of letters of genetic code that make a human. The project, funded by the US government ended officially in 2003, achieving its goa… more »