Inhaled Thyroid Hormone May Work to Reverse Lung Fibrosis in IPF, Mouse Study Suggests
Thyroid hormone, delivered through aerosol inhalation, helped to resolve lung scarring in a mouse model of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to research published in the journal Nature Medicine. The study provides evidence that lung fibrosis is a disease caused — at least partly — by abnormalities in metabolic processes…