Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina found that M10, a naturally occurring small peptide, appeared to effectively reduce lung…
Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Researchers discovered that mice exposed to bleomycin — a common pulmonary fibrosis model — displayed more intense fibrotic activity if…
Nintedanib (marketed as OFEV by Boehringer Ingelheim) has shown very good results in clinical trials in patients with idiopathic pulmonary…
Men have higher rates of pulmonary fibrosis than women and tend to have a poorer survival. A study showed that…
C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is already known to protect against fibrosis in heart tissue. Researchers from the National Cerebral and…
Clinicians managing people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are left with few options once the disease seriously progresses despite pirfenidone treatment. Now, a study…
A study from the University of Madras, India, showed that celastrol — a component of an extract from the Thunder God Vine…
AÂ Mayo Clinic study reported that patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease are at a threefold higher risk of substantial…
Genetic factors might drive at least part of the risk for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), particularly in familial forms of the disease, and…
A case study of a pulmonary fibrosis patient who was ultimately diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and a telomere length disorder, highlighted…