After certain kinds of injuries or wounds — think heart attacks, burns and tendon tears, among others — scar tissue can form ...

LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa. (WPVI) -- Pulmonary fibrosis turns the lungs to scar tissue, making it harder and harder to breathe. Help may be on the way, however. A drug being tested locally aims at giving ...

What does "Pulmonary Fibrosis" mean? The word “pulmonary” means lung and the word “fibrosis” means scar tissue— similar to scars that form on the skin from an old injury or surgery. So, in its ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to organ ...

A study has now successfully controlled the effects of collagen hypersecretion at the cellular level. The experimental treatment consists of designer peptides which interrupt the interaction between ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Scientists have long known that white blood cells called macrophages accumulate in the lungs of people suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. What role macrophages play in developing the ...

But by a wonderful quirk of nature, this fascinating chemical compound was found to inhibit the activation of hepatic ...

SALT LAKE CITY – University of Utah researchers have found that delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) holds promise for predicting treatment outcomes and measuring disease ...

Hepatic fibrosis occurs when scar tissue replaces damaged cells in the liver. Over time, accumulating scarring distorts the liver, interferes with its blood supply and may progressively lead to ...