We had previously found that lung cancer and possibly gastrointestinal ... All patients showing characteristic asbestos bodies and pulmonary fibrosis were accepted as having had pulmonary ...

From a thorough history going back decades to a mass meeting of experts, identifying occupational lung diseases can be ...

Lung fibrosis – caused by an excess amount of ... exposure to environmental irritants such as asbestos, coal dust, and mold; as a side effect from chemotherapy agents; as a long-term consequence ...

"Asbestos exposure, including chrysotile, causes cancer of the lung, larynx and ovaries ... chronic respiratory diseases such as asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs), and other adverse effects ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Don Ingber and his group at the Wyss Institute of Biologically ... In 2010, his team created the first lung-on-a-chip, a small in vitro ...

During World War II, asbestos was critical to the U.S ... While asbestosis is a type of pulmonary fibrosis, the scarring of lung tissues, mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the membrane ...