NCI

Mesothelioma patients and their families eagerly await word of new treatments and continue to hope for a cure for malignant mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos exposure. But right now thanks to the federal government shutdown, one of the major sources for medical scientific discoveries was on hold and losing ground. While we hear a lot about national parks and monuments being affected by locked up national facilities, one of the most dire consequences is the potential impact on research being conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). An agency of the United States … [Read more...]