Legislature OKs $5 million for cancer research
The Minnesota Legislature has overwhelmingly approved $4.9 million for a School of Public Health study on a rare and deadly form of cancer called mesothelioma that has been diagnosed in 58 Iron Range miners.
As reported in the Minnesota Daily, the House of Representatives passed the bill 121-1 after the Senate unanimously passed the bill Monday. The bill now goes to Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The University's research would begin as soon as Pawlenty signs the bill, said Jeffrey Mandel (pictured above), an occupational physician in the School of Public Health.
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