Salt Lake City lab to conduct new mesothelioma monitoring test ARUP Laboratories of Salt Lake City will soon begin administering a new  blood monitoring test for mesothelioma patients.  Beginning February 26, 2007, doctors treating patients diagnosed with mesothelioma – a rare form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure – can send patients’ blood samples for […]

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 […]