Most people think of breathalyzers as a tool to combat drunk driving, but a new type of breathalyzer could soon help doctors detect cancer, kidney failure, and other diseases impacting the lungs while they’re still in the early stages. Researchers at JILA, an institution jointly operated by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the [...]

The US Department of Defense (DoD) Medical Research Program is making mesothelioma research a priority for the 2008 grant cycle, a move which potentially makes millions of grant dollars available to civilian scientists studying the deadly disease. Mesothelioma, a rare cancer strongly linked to asbestos exposure, occurs at elevated rates in certain populations of military [...]

The Iron Range Resources Board has voted to spend $250,000 for medical testing on miners to support a University of Minnesota School of Public Health study on mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer that disproportionately strikes mine workers. Tom Rukavina (DFL) from the Minnesota House of Representatives proposed the funding after the Minnesota Department of [...]