Tag Archives: UK
News About Pharmaceuticals in Mesothelioma Treatment
1. New Biomarkers May Speed Diagnosis of Mesothelioma 2. Lowered Cost of DNA Sequencing Improving Specificity of Cancer Treatment 3. Scientists Find Cell Process That Causes Mesothelioma 4. Immune Response Inhibitor Identified in Cancer Retroviruses 5. MRIs Effective in Identifying Malignant Testicular Cancer Growths 6. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Announces New Mesothelioma Guidelines 7. New [...]
New Treatments for Mesothelioma Show Promise
Two new protocols, involving two separate types of mesothelioma, offer better hope for survival for patients of this dread form of cancer. Mesothelioma, a cancer of mesothelial tissues, occurs most commonly as (malignant) pleural mesothelioma, in the lungs – in about 75 percent of cases – followed by peritoneal mesothelioma, in the abdomen. Pericardial mesothelioma, [...]
Cancer Drugs from Genetically Modified Chicken Eggs
New research in the UK has produced genetically modified chickens that lay eggs that contain proteins that are essential to creating cutting-edge cancer drugs. The Roslin Institute, which garnered fame in 1997 for creating Dolly, the first cloned sheep, says it has produced five generations of birds that can produce useful levels of life-saving proteins [...]
Scottish Judge Rules In Favor of New Asbestos Law
A judge in Scotland has overruled an effort by the country’s insurance industry to nullify a law recently passed by Parliament that allows patients suffering from ailments related to asbestos exposure to seek compensation. After a hearing that lasted for more than three weeks, Supreme Court Judge Lord George Nigel Hannington Emslie ruled against a [...]
Recent UK Study Predicts Asbestos Related Deaths in Great Britain
LONDON – A recent study published in the British Journal of Cancer contained some sobering statistics related to the number of UK workers and others who can be expected to die from exposures to asbestos, a known cancer-causing agent. The study was funded by Cancer Research UK and Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and [...]
Asbestos Contaminated Ship Faces Protesters in Great Britain
HARTLEPOOL, UK – Environmental activists in England are vigorously protesting the imminent arrival of the asbestos-contaminated, French aircraft carrier, Clemenceau, which is scheduled to be dismantled at the Northern England shipyard at Hartlepool. Environmentalists point to the fact that the French ship, now known simply as Hull Q790, was turned away by India in 2006 [...]
Bedfordshire County Schools Inundated with Asbestos
Parents, students and staff are worried about asbestos exposure after it was revealed that asbestos is present in 90 percent of Bedfordshire County schools. The county has confirmed the presence of asbestos in 192 of 220 schools largely because of the fact that it continued to be used in school construction up until the late [...]
Primary School Forced to Close Due to High Amounts of Asbestos
England, UK – Discovery of asbestos during construction work caused a primary school in Merseyside to partially close its building. Workers found the deadly material on Wednesday at Thomas Gray primary school during renovation work. The amount was much more than anticipated, and school officials were advised by Janet Atherton, Sefton Council’s director of public [...]
UK: Demands for Asbestos Checks in Schools After a Retired Teacher Dies from Mesothelioma
Wales, UK – The death of a retired school teacher has resulted in the Welsh Assembly Government and teachers demanding asbestos checks for all schools in Wales. The coroner of Renee Blodwen Eden, who died at the age of 69, has linked her death to exposure to asbestos. Although Ms. Eden had supposedly never worked [...]
UK Teachers' Union Asking for Government's Help in Eliminating Asbestos from Schools
U.K. – The Association of Teachers and Lecturers is urging the government to conduct a survey of all schools, including colleges, in the country to determine the potential risk of asbestos exposure to teachers, staff and students. Schools that were built between World War II and the early 1980s are most at risk because asbestos [...]
