Broadway stars at New York City’s Edison Ballroom helped raised a record $250,000 to support the battle against pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in the 7th annual ‘Broadway Belts for PFF!’ To help boost funding for PF research, actress and dedicated Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) advocate Julie Halston hosted the benefit show, which featured Grammy and Tony award winners. Halston…
Actors Gather in New York for PF Fundraising Event: ‘Broadway Belts for PFF!’
Clinical trial results indicate that inhaled TD139 is an effective, safe and well-tolerated treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), its maker, Galecto Biotech AB, has reported. The phase 1b/2a clinical trial (NCT02257177) was divided into two parts. Part 1 was a randomized, double-blind, single-center, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose phase 1…
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation has announced that its seventh annual Broadway Belts for PFF event raised a staggering $250,000, an increase of 35 percent over the 2016 event. Find out more about pulmonary fibrosis with this quick guide to the disease. According to a report on broadwayworld.com,…
Synairgen released further positive data from its lysyl oxidase-like 2 enzyme (LOXL2) inhibitor program to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), being conducted in collaboration with Pharmaxis. A Phase 1 clinical trial is set to start this year, if toxicology studies are successfully completed. Synairgen and Pharmaxis entered a collaboration in August…
If you suffer from a chronic illness, then it’s highly likely that you’ll experience fatigue from time to time. Fatigue is different than just feeling tired, and generally it’s not something that can be fixed with an early night or by resting for a little while. With tips from the pros at …
This simple animated video from Alt Shift X explains the process of lung transplantation and some of the complications and risks associated with the procedure. Discover seven important facts about pulmonary fibrosis here. One of the main risks with lung transplants is organ rejection, whereby the body’s immune…
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It’s fairly common for people who have one chronic lung condition to develop another lung disease. In the case of pulmonary fibrosis patients, some go on to develop pulmonary hypertension, an increased blood pressure in the lungs that causes the right side of the heart to have to pump harder…
This column comes from a place of physical and emotional exhaustion, so please bear with me. I know I’ll regain the physical strength in a couple of days, and I know the emotional toll will decrease as well, and I’ll see things a little more clearly soon enough. As Annie…
Shorter telomeres — the DNA regions that protect the ends of chromosomes — are linked to lower survival rates in pulmonary fibrosis (PF) patients who receive a lung transplant. These patients’ lungs start failing sooner than those of other patients, suggesting that telomere length may be a factor to consider…
