IPF is a progressive, fatal lung disease in which the alveoli and the lung tissue are damaged, becoming thick and scarred (fibrosis), leading to severe breathing difficulties and compromising oxygen transfer between the lungs and the bloodstream. IPF is characterized by a shortness of breath that gradually worsens,…
Stem Cell Therapies for IPF Treatment: PFF Issues Concerns
In this video from schoolofmedicine, meet Hamish S. Osborne and Christine C. Osborne. Mr. Osborne was diagnosed with IPF and had go to through surgery for a double-lung transplant. After that procedure, the couple became parte of the founding supporters of the Program in Lung Healing.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced the initiation of a trial to compare the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of adding pirfenidone (Esbriet) to treatment with OFEV (nintedanib, Boehringer Ingelheim) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). IPF, a type of interstitial lung disease affecting the tissue that supports the…
In a newly published paper in the Stem Cells Translational Medicine journal entitled Adult Lung Spheroid Cells Contain Progenitor Cells and Mediate Regeneration in Rodents With Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis, scientists from North Carolina State University discovered a quick and simple method to produce stem cells from…
Read the articles: 1. Pulmonary Fibrosis Study Points to Protective Effects of Vitamin D 2. ‘Organs on Chips’ May Revolutionize Lung, Other Disease Research 3. IPF Patients with Chronic Cough Sought for Phase 2 Clinical Trial …
In a new study, researchers reported a novel role for a receptor at the surface of macrophages (specialized cells of the immune system) in lung fibrosis resolution. The study, titled “TRPV4 Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Regulates LPS-Stimulated Macrophage Phagocytosis,” was published in the…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYssJOKfZ_U Meet Dyane. She shares what she fears most about her pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis and explains how this diagnosis has impacted her life. The thing she hates the most is not being able to be an active grandmother, with her eight grandchildren. Watch the video to hear her story.
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