Researchers find target for pulmonary fibrosis
Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 12:14
in Health & Medicine
A diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is not much better than a death sentence: there is no treatment and the survival rate is less than three years. But researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that targeting of a novel gene utilising genetic and pharmacologic strategies was successful in treating pulmonary fibrosis in mice and will be developed for future testing in humans...