by University of Manchester Scientists have discovered that people who regularly sleep for more than 11 hours or less than 4 hours are 2-3 times more likely to have the incurable disease, pulmonary fibrosis, compared to those that sleep for 7 hours in a day. They attribute this association to the body clock. The study...
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Research points to possible target to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF
This study included preclinical experiments and use of bronchoalveolar cells from IPF patients UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Long-held dogma says lung fibrosis in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, results from recurrent injury to alveolar epithelium that is followed by dysregulated repair. Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham uproots that paradigm, and it suggests a possible treatment target for IPF. A....
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Lung-on-a-chip simulates pulmonary fibrosis
Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not easy. The image above shows collagen from a healthy engineered lung tissue. One reason: it’s difficult to mimic how the disease damages and scars lung tissue over time, often forcing scientists to employ a hodgepodge of time-consuming...