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New Research Findings Published in National Academy of Sciences Journal Show Unique Promise of ONCONASE in the Prevention and Treatment of Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer Caused by Asbestos

Press Release from Alfacell Corporation BLOOMFIELD, N.J., /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Alfacell Corporation announced today that groundbreaking, independent new research findings show that the elusive molecular mechanism that asbestos uses to provoke lung cancer may have been identified. The research also found that ONCONASE® (ranpirnase) may be one of the most effective methods of treatment for mesothelioma [...]

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Osteopontin Reveals the Early Stages of Pleural Mesothelioma

Medical Research News Researchers at New York University School of Medicine and Wayne State University have found a molecule that reveals the early stages of pleural mesothelioma, a chest cancer caused by asbestos. The finding opens the way to a blood test for the disease, according to a new study published in the Oct. 13 [...]

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