Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation

Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation, formerly MARF) is a non-profit organization that fundsmesothelioma research, provides services to patients, educates the public, and advocates in Washington, DC for governmental funding for mesothelioma research. The organization's mission is to eradicate mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, as a life-ending disease.

Its donors include lawyers,^[1] companies that have manufactured asbestosproducts^[2] and victims, along with their family and friends. ^[3][4]

To date, the foundation has funded over $8.2 million in clinical research and is the host of the annual International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma.