by Duke-NUS Medical School An inflamed lung (left) and a healthy lung (right), artistically depicted by an AI. Credit: Manvendra Kumar Singh A discovery at Duke-NUS Medical School offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in immune...
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Protein linked to progressive lung scarring in scleroderma patients
by University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease associated with inflammation and fibrosis, or scarring, that affects organs including the skin, heart, kidney and lungs. This form of scleroderma, this tightening and thickening of the skin, is a progressive, orphan illness that affects approximately 80,000 Americans and has no clear...