Scientists Identify Potential New Treatment for Liver Disease
In a nationwide, multi-center clinical trial, scientists identified a promising new drug medication that improved liver fibrosis in NASH patients by 27%. Scientists from the…
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New Research Shines Light on Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease
A new understanding of a protein linked to kidney and heart damage might pave the way for novel treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease, according…
New Findings Suggest a Potential Treatment for Fibrosis
According to a study published in Cell Death & Disease, scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered two enzymes that play a role in…
Western Diets Can Cause Scarring and Blood Vessel Damage in Scleroderma
The same metabolite is connected to metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Recent research reveals that a substance produced by gut microorganisms can cause scarring and blood…
Crucial Link Found Between Arthritis, Serious Liver Disease and a Common Genetic Condition
Edith Cowan University has identified key links between arthritis and the risk of serious liver disease in people with hemochromatosis. New Edith Cowan University (ECU)…
“Scar in a Dish” Model Using Human Stem Cells Could Lead to Fibrosis Treatment
Researchers create accurate model of organ scarring using stem cells in a lab. Advance could help identify drugs to eventually treat fibrosis. Every organ in…
Boosting FoxO3 Activity Halts the Progress of Pulmonary Fibrosis
To date, the molecular basis of pulmonary fibrosis has been poorly understood. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad…
New Treatment Blocks and Reverses Pulmonary Fibrosis
Using mouse models, researchers from Yale University and miRagen Therapeutics have shown that miR-29 blocks and reverses pulmonary fibrosis. Yale University researchers are studying a…
A Potential Therapeutic Target for Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis
By uncovering the signaling pathway that promotes cell migration in certain forms of pulmonary fibrosis and by developing a drug treatment that may block the…