People carrying a genetic variant of the gene coding for Mucin 5B — a component of lung mucus and needed…
Yedida Y Bogachkov PhD
Yedida Y. Bogachkov is a science writer for BioNews. She holds a PhD in cellular and molecular pharmacology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prior to joining BioNews, she was conducting scientific research analyzing cancer genomics. She’s a Chicago native and hasn’t moved out of her hometown. Yes, she actually likes snow and enjoys having all four seasons. Yedida likes being out in nature, and in her free time, she can be found outside enjoying the fresh air or baking (inside). She is, unsuccessfully, trying to persuade the rest of her family to enjoy hiking. Yedida is excited to bring her passion for science and her desire to help people to BioNews.
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Articles by Yedida Y Bogachkov PhD
Treatment with Ofev (nintedanib) was found to prevent the progression of both cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)…
Anti-fibrotic medications, such as Esbriet (pirfenidone) and Ofev (nintedanib), are not cost-effective treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis…
If left untreated by anti-fibrotic medications, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has a 50% mortality rate after three years, according…
A $5 million gift to the University of South Florida (USF) from the philanthropist and entrepreneur Timothy Ubben will be…
AstraZeneca has added a novel target for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to its portfolio, which was uncovered using…
AdAlta announced that AD-214, its candidate treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), has been successfully made into an aerosol…
The Microbiome Therapeutics Innovation Group (MTIG), a coalition of companies working to develop U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-microbiome-based…
Note: This story was updated Oct. 22, 2021, to correct information about the study that was wrongly identified as…