Researchers say that anti-asbestos drug Anakinra is to be used for prevention not cure

Scientists have developed the anti-asbestos drug Anakinra. This drug promises to be an effective means of prevention for various diseases.

According to a researcher, the use of anti-asbestos drug, Anakinra would be used for prevention and not a cure. "Rather persons exposed to asbestos in the past and thus at high risk to get asbestosis or lung cancer could be treated with an inhibitor drug."

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