A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

The bleb is dissected, stapled, and the lung tissue is removed from the chest in a specimen bag, allowing more room for the remaining healthy lung to expand. For the first day or so, a chest tube is ...

A protein called Runx2 contributes to the abnormal activity of lung cells that drive pulmonary fibrosis, a new study shows.

This lower region of the lung has small airways as well as the gas-exchange tissue. They used a staining technique to find SPLUNC1, SPLUNC2 and LPLUNC1. In normal lungs: · SPLUNC1 is found ...

Scientists may be able to halt or reverse disease by targeting early molecular changes before patients suffer substantial loss of lung function and develop debilitating symptoms from IPF.  “If you ...