Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is a national organization dedicated to eradicating mesothelioma. It funds the highest-quality research projects with a peer-reviewed research grant program, the only program of its kind among mesothelioma foundations. Three tenets of The Foundation's mission statement for ending mesothelioma suffering are:

*Offer hope and support to patients and families by educating them on the disease, helping them to obtain the most up-to-date information on treatment options and to connect with meso treatment specialists, and providing them assistance, emotional support and community with others.

*Fund the highest quality and most promising meso research projects from around the world through rigorous peer-review.

*Raise awareness of meso, and advocate that the public and private sectors partner in the effort to cure it by directing the resources needed to stop this global tragedy.

Its donors include mesothelioma lawyers, corporations formerly linked to asbestos, and mesothelioma patients and their families/friends. It has been awarded the highest rating--4 stars--from Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator.

Mesothelioma information

Here is the fact about Mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the mesothelium. The mesothelium is a membrane thinner than the thorax and abdomen and surrounds the organs of the lines in these areas. The lining around the lungs in the chest and abdomen is known as the peritoneum.

More than 2,000 people in Britain diagnosed with mesothelioma every year.

Mesothelioma of the lining of the lungs, called pleural mesothelioma, which is much more common than mesothelioma in the abdomen. For every man of peritoneal mesothelioma, is about 12 people who have pleural mesothelioma.