This important study describes a first-in-human trial of autologous p63+ stem cells in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lethal condition for which effective treatments are lacking. The ...

Development of therapies that halt or reverse IPF and PAH progression is a significant unmet need. Improved diagnostic tools are essential for earlier detection and intervention in IPF and PAH.

“Fibroblast cells contain the whole genetic makeup of the animal,” explains Lucy. “Each of these cells has a nucleus within them that we use for cloning the pet.” An electrical impulse ...

Fibroblasts are specialized cells in connective tissues that play an important role in wound healing and tissue repair. They produce and organize the so-called extracellular matrix, a network of ...

A study provides insights into the diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in white and black skin cancer and describes their different immunomodulatory roles in the tumor environment.

Recently, by analyzing published single-cell RNA sequencing datasets of healthy donor lungs and IPF lung fibroblasts (Habermann et al., 2020), scientists found that epidermal growth factor receptor ...

A study from China has reported that Cordyceps sinensis (CS), a traditional Chinese medicinal fungus, can ameliorate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in mice by inhibiting mitochondrion ...

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Following inhaled administration of high dose LTI-03 (5 mg BID), a positive trend was observed in seven out of eight biomarkers, with evidence of reduced expression among profibrotic proteins produced ...

MNKD-201, Mannkind’s inhaled formulation of nintedanib for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), was found to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 clinical trial involving healthy ...