But can long COVID be fatal? The answer is complex and depends on multiple ... in extreme cases, a condition called pulmonary fibrosis, where scar tissue forms in the lungs and causes breathing ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a relentless, potentially fatal disease where lung tissue scars and hardens over time. Often tied to smoking, the illness impairs lung function so that patients become short of ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by a progressive decline in lung function, worsening quality of life, and high mortality. However, the rate and pattern of progression of IPF ...

A treatment for fatal lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is being developed by Lung Therapeutics. The novel mechanism could have wider applications for other fibrotic diseases.

The term “progressive pulmonary fibrosis” or “PPF” is generally used to describe progressive lung fibrosis in an individual with an interstitial lung disease (ILD) other than idiopathic ...

A woman wed her husband in hospital just 48 hours before he died — after the couple's life was 'turned upside down' by his ...

Identifying the underlying causes of prolonged lung inflammation associated with radiographic abnormalities could be key understanding long COVID and other lung conditions, researchers say.

The Program for Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Disease's mission is to provide state of the art evaluation and treatment for patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The University of ...

High-dose LTI-03 (5 mg BID), a Caveolin-1 related peptide, reduced expression of multiple profibrotic proteins in both ...

The Lung Institute provides comprehensive diagnostics and treatments to patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing, including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...

Yuichi Iwaki, M.D., Ph.D., MediciNova CEO commented, “The successful resolution of the Sanofi-Novartis litigation and the resulting monetary damages due to MediciNova both validates the value of our ...

Hepatic veno-occlusive disease has been reported. Miscellaneous: Other reported adverse reactions include pulmonary fibrosis (including fatal outcomes) and interstitial pneumonitis, skin ...