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New mesothelioma drug turns cancer’s own defenses against it
ScienceDailyThursday, September 17, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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Scientists are testing a counterintuitive way to fight mesothelioma, an aggressive asbestos-linked cancer with few effective treatments.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Scientists are testing a counterintuitive way to fight mesothelioma, an aggressive asbestos-linked cancer with few effective treatments.
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Scientists are testing a counterintuitive way to fight mesothelioma, an aggressive asbestos-linked cancer with few effective treatments.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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