Let-7, an established tumor suppressor microRNA, plays a key role in lung tissue repair and the development of scarring, a ...

Nerandomilast slowed lung function decline in people with IPF and PPF after a year of treatment, according to data from two ...

Columnist Sam Kirton pays tribute to his friend and IPF mentor, Pieter van den Assum, who passed away on May 17.

If your journey with pulmonary fibrosis were a movie, what best describes the genre? Horror? Comedy? Drama? Reality? Wait, how about a Hallmark movie? When I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary ...

There is currently no cure for pulmonary fibrosis (PF). However, medication and other treatment options can help improve patients’ quality of life, ease symptoms, and slow the disease’s progression.

Besides medication that can help manage symptoms and slow the progression of pulmonary fibrosis (PF), there are other therapeutic strategies available that can help patients cope with the effects of ...

There is no cure for pulmonary fibrosis (PF), but many therapies are in the pipeline that may be able to slow disease progression, manage symptoms, and improve quality of life for patients. Some of ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a complex disease that leads me and other patients on a complicated trajectory. Not only do I deal with its physical difficulties, such as acute exacerbations ...

Basal stem cells taken from the upper part of a patient’s respiratory tract can be expanded in the lab and then transplanted back into their lungs to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), ...

A Phase 2 clinical trial has begun recruiting that’s assessing the safety and efficacy of LTI-03, Rein Therapeutics’ inhaled therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). RENEW (NCT06968845) is ...

One of my frustrations as a pulmonary fibrosis patient is finding solid information about what to expect as my PF progresses. I’ve asked several doctors what to expect during the end stage of PF, but ...

Taking oral dietary supplements of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) — an antioxidant in green tea — may stop and reverse the pro-fibrotic (scarring) state of the lungs of people with idiopathic ...