Editor’s Note: Cindy Wiese passed away Friday, June 12, 2020 at home. BY CINDY WIESE My mesothelioma journey started in April 2010 when I was…
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Sandy Robb was a dedicated member of the Meso Foundation’s board of directors. He took his position seriously, never missing any meetings, and never shying…
Mavis Nye, a mesothelioma warrior and advocate from the United Kingdom, and her husband, Ray, will receive honorary degrees from the University of Kent in…
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) is pleased to announce that R. Taylor Ripley, MD and Jason M. Foster, MD have joined the organization’s…
Today, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) announced the award recipients of its 2018 grant cycle funding for promising mesothelioma research. About the Mesothelioma…
The Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) funding bill for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Congress passed in September includes $100,000 for a feasibility study, the first step in the development of a National Mesothelioma Patient Registry. This funding will be provided through the Centers for Disease Control…
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) announced today that William (Bill) N. Ziegler has been elected to join its board of directors. He will…
Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, a respected thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), was recently elected by her peers to the prestigious…
For the first time in mesothelioma, a group of researchers sequenced the genome of 74 malignant pleural mesothelioma tumors. According to the authors, the study…
UPDATE: As of May 2019, the device Optune Lua, formerly known as NovoTTF-100L, was approved by the FDA under the Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) in…
