Protein staining tests are a useful tool in diagnosing sarcomatoid mesothelioma — the most aggressive mesothelioma cell type — but aren’t reliable enough on their own, according to new research. A May 3 report in the International Journal of Surgical Pathology...

Johnson & Johnson is hitting the pause button on its Supreme Court appeal of a $2.1 billion judgment tied to its talcum powder products. In an April 22 filing with the high court, Johnson & Johnson’s attorneys asked the court to delay distributing its March 2...

A new asbestos trust worth an estimated $610 million is forming in the wake of a glass bottling company’s bankruptcy proceedings. Ohio-based O-I Glass announced a plan April 26 to establish a bankruptcy trust to address all asbestos exposure complaints filed against...

Europe is poised to see a new first-line therapy for mesothelioma after getting the green light from a medical review agency. A division of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) — which is equivalent to the FDA — has signed off on the use of a two-drug combo to treat...

The Canadian government plans to impose new restrictions on certain talc products following an exhaustive government report that concluded it could be dangerous. A final screening assessment issued April 22 found that talc’s use as a powder in many self-care products...

Researchers have uncovered a potentially important diagnostic tool in battling mesothelioma: DNA sequencing. DNA affected by mesothelioma exhibits a distinct pattern after sequencing, which could make sequencing patients’ DNA strands an “effective tool” in diagnosing...

A Scottish research team has devised a novel way of detecting mesothelioma from among the hundreds of lung scans radiologists read every day: train a computer to do it for them. A pilot program that marries diagnostics with cutting-edge data science has trained an AI...