8 results for “Owens-Illinois”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Saving the asbestos industry, 1960 to 2006
…million in sponsorship by 1999. Citing documents from a Texas court case, the article reported that Owens-Illinois made regular payments to Wagner from 1986, probably exceeding $300,000 in total. During this period Wagner's…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Mesothelial tumors and exposure to asbestos dust
The author, a hospital pathologist in Liverpool, England, re-examined 30 cases of cancer of the chest or abdominal lining from Liverpool and the Merseyside area, covering ten years from 1953. All had at some point been suggested to be diffuse…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1964
Diffuse mesothelioma and exposure to asbestos dust in the Merseyside area
This 1964 report described 17 people with diffuse mesothelioma (16 pleural, one peritoneal) in Merseyside, England. Most cases came from Liverpool cancer and thoracic surgery records for 1955 to 1963. The author re-examined tissue, took work…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Malignant pleural mesothelioma in bakers and pastry cooks
… 222 cases). Field-investigations revealed asbestos-containing material (ACM) in ovens for baking bread, that were manufactured prior to the 1980s. It is suggested that there is a possible new association of the risk of having…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Refining classification of malignant pleural mesothelioma reveals its Achilles' heel
…gene-activity results were checked against protein levels in a replication series. The author concluded that the present classification cannot predict the most effective treatments and that the study opens a window for new targeted treatments.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Molecular targets in malignant pleural mesothelioma treatment
…inhibitors like bevacizumab, are among the most promising agents under evaluation in clinical trials. Mesothelioma is a malignancy which owes its chemoresistance to an apoptotic defect. Thus the introduction of new biologic drugs like vorinostat, bortezomib…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Pemetrexed-loaded nanoparticles targeted to malignant pleural mesothelioma cells: an in vitro study
…is more effective than Pe alone in inhibiting MPM cell line malignant phenotype. The innovative use of specifically targeted GNPs opens the perspective of local intrapleural administration to avoid normal cell toxicity and enhance chemotherapy efficacy.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Tumor-specific genetic variants can be detected in circulating cell-free DNA of malignant pleural mesothelioma patients
…time the presence of ctDNA within circulating DNA of treatment naïve MPM patients. This finding opens perspectives towards the use of ctDNA as a biomarker for (early and differential) diagnosis, treatment and treatment monitoring of MPM…