Researchers have found a potential new way to slow the progression of lung fibrosis and other fibrotic diseases by inhibiting ...

However, along with genetic factors, there is a possibility that environmental factors such as dust, smoking, and pollutants, ...

HealthDay News — Roughly one in five (21 percent) of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) deaths might be related to occupational exposures, according to research published in the March 6 issue of the ...

Fibrosis is an affliction wherein cells produce excess fibrous tissue. Fibroblast cells do this to close wounds, but the process can cascade in unwanted places. Examples include cardiac fibrosis; ...

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a two-week leave of absence from royal duties as a result of her rare ...

A breath test would be less invasive than the traditional method of using mucus or phlegm samples from the lungs of cystic ...

Del. Danny Marshall is recovering from a single-lung transplant at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

Although cystic fibrosis is a single gene mutation, there are more than 1,000 different ways the CFTR gene can mutate in ...

A longtime advocate for marine safety in Newfoundland and Labrador says he wants to start a new mission: advocating for ...

Significant alterations in the structure and cellular composition of the distal lung are a defining characteristic of ...

The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...

Among the candidates listed for lung transplant, those with an indication of CF decreased from 13.3% in the pre–highly ...