Chuck Strahl, Canada’s agriculture minister, spoke Saturday, March 24, 2007 at a symposium on malignant mesothelioma held at the British Columbia Cancer Research Center.  Strahl, who was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2005, told medical professionals attending the conference that providing hope to mesothelioma patients was one of the best ways to help them.  Physicians […]

The newly-formed Asbestos Diseases Research Institute is slated to receive $3 million in funding to study the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.  The Sydney, Australia foundation’s goal is to work to discover a focused, effective approach to understanding how asbestos causes mesothelioma.  It replaces the underfunded Medical Research and Compensation Foundation and is being built with funds […]