Researchers at the Chinese Nanjing University School of Medicine in China discovered yet another microRNA that contributes to the development of…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk of developing lung fibrosis for up to 25 years after their initial cancer diagnosis,…
FibroStatin recently announced the development of a therapeutic agent against lung fibrosis called T12, building on the entirely new concept of…
Adding Recomodulin (thrombomodulin) to the standard treatment given for an acute exacerbation of lung fibrosis more than doubled patients’ chances to…
University of California, San Francisco, researchers reported that markers of cellular senescence — a process preventing cells from multiplying uncontrollably…
Lowering the numbers of interleukin-10 (IL-10)-producing immune B-cells in a mouse model protected the animals from developing fibrosis after exposure to…
Researchers from The Netherlands found that mice producing high levels of protein C which prevents blood coagulation, develop less severe pulmonary fibrosis; and…
Salvianolic acid B, a compound isolated from red sage and a main component of the traditional Chinese medicine known as Yiqihuoxue formula,…
A study from the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège at Sart Tilman recently reported that two growth factors, IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2,…
According to research published in the journal Molecular Medicine Reports, blocking the reactive oxygen species-producing NOX1 enzyme prevented fibrotic…