Question reference: S5W-34638
- Asked by: Gil Paterson, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 18 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is providing to help find a cure for peritoneal mesothelioma.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s Chief Scientist Office (CSO) operates open competitive grant and fellowship schemes providing opportunities for funding for applied research across the wide range of health conditions and public health and care challenges in Scotland, which can include applications for research on mesothelioma. Applications submitted to these schemes are subject to independent expert peer review with funding recommendations made by independent expert committees. Currently, CSO is supporting (with a total of about £44k from CSO), along with NHS Education for Scotland, a three year postdoctoral clinical lectureship investigating a new avenue for potential treatment of mesothelioma, although this research is directed towards mesothelioma in the lung rather than the lining of the stomach (peritoneal mesothelioma).