A treatment for fatal lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is being developed by Lung Therapeutics. The novel mechanism could have wider applications for other fibrotic diseases.
"When I went and got an x-ray for my clavicle, the lung showed signs of a problem," she continues. The problem was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. In IPF, lungs become stiff, making ...
Jim Balmer says it was a "complete life change" when he was diagnosed with IPF He went to his GP and was sent for an x-ray. Initially, shadows on his lungs were treated as pneumonia. But when a ...