Asbestos cancer versus

Identified by José María Fernández-Rúa, a team of twelve researchers from four U.S. universities have the molecular mechanism, caused by the asbestos cancer. This finding, published in "Proceedings", organ of the Academy of Sciences of the United States opened the way for methods of treating mesothelioma (cancer of the pleura), one of the most important exhibition because asbestos.

said Michael Carbone of Loyola University in Chicago discovered that asbestos-inflammatory protein called tumor necrosis factor alpha, which causes causes cell damage. Asbestos was used in many countries, including Spain, have been used in a variety of manufactured products such as building materials, clutches and brakes for automobiles, packaging, textiles and carpets, a ban on beginning of this century.

This research is very important to identify possible targets for future drugs, quality, but also opens the door to confirm that asbestos is the source of other cancers, including stomach, colon and larynx. In this type of cancer in the past, the U.S. Senate a few weeks ago concluded that asbestos leads to the appearance, after the adoption of a comprehensive report by the National Institutes of Health, at the request of a large group workers with the disease for years on containing materials. The Senate is expected before the end of a compensation fund for damage caused by this mineral, which caused $ 140,000 was approved. Asbestos mainly affects the lungs and pleura, a membrane surrounding these organisms. Therefore, high asbestos fibers can breathe lesions that resemble long scars and damage the lungs.