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Overproduction of a protein called Sirtuin 6 (Sirt6) inhibits a cell process essential to the lung scarring seen in pulmonary fibrosis, according to a study. The finding suggests that scientists could use Sirt6 to develop therapies that prevent the disease. Scientists call the process that the finding applies to the epithelial to…

The death rate of pulmonary fibrosis patients who were put on a hospital ventilator was seven times higher than those treated without a ventilator, according to a review of thousands of medical records. The study of 22,350 admissions also showed that the cost of treating patients who were put on…

A $6.9 million grant will allow researchers at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine to delve deeper into the science of how air sac epithelial cells in the lungs regenerate. The research team, led by Zea Borok — a professor of medicine at Keck —…

A type of stem cell facilitates faulty signals that lead to the tiny lung-vessel dysfunction in pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and other respiratory diseases, a study indicates. The stem cells, known as mesenchymal progenitor cells, or MPCs, have the ability to evolve into other kinds of cells, including bone, cartilage, muscle…

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) say 1,000 people have enrolled on its PFF Patient Registry, an initiative to track data from PF patients nationwide. The registry will help researchers better understand pulmonary fibrosis by compiling data on disease progression, patient profiles and efficacy of available treatments. Enrollment is on track to…

Veracyte presented pivotal clinical validation data on the performance of its Envisia Genomic Classifier to diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2017 International Conference, held May 19-24 in Washington, D.C. IPF, a type of interstitial lung disease (ILD), is often challenging to diagnose. Each year, doctors in…

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Almost 37 percent of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients who took Ofev for a year had no decline in a key measure of lung function, double the 18 percent of those on a placebo, according to one of three recent Ofev presentations in Washington. The results of that study applied to a…

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) want more information from their doctors at diagnosis, according to the results of a new survey. Researchers said that only half of patients surveyed report discussing antifibrotic treatment decisions with their doctors when they’re diagnosed. Results of the survey study, titled “Differences in…

Treatment with Genentech‘s FDA-approved Esbriet (pirfenidone) has been shown in two independent studies to improve moderate to more severe lung function impairment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The results of the studies were recently presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference (ATS 2017) May 19-24 in Washington,…