New disease gene linked to telomerase abnormalities in some cases of pulmonary fibrosis, emphysema

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 23:01 in Health & Medicine

Researchers say they have identified a new disease gene that, when mutated, appears to increase the risk in a small number of people of developing emphysema and a lung-scarring condition known as pulmonary fibrosis.

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