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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; ...

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Biomedical researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have decoded how mechanical forces drive cell behavior in fibrosis.

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its experimental therapy for serious lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The study will use the e-ILD platform to process high-resolution chest computed tomography (HRCT) images ...