Researchers claim that drug could prevent development of asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma and asbestosis

A new study published in Science reports that use of the drug Anakinra may be able to prevent the development of asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis. These researchers have concluded based on laboratory research that inhaled asbestos fibers cause chronic lung inflammation, linked to a particular complex of proteins, and that this inflammation causes cancer. The same protein complex is involved with other inflammatory diseases like gout, which has been success