Sentences with phrase «like pulmonary fibrosis»
Personalised medicine is becoming relevant in the treatment of lung cancer [42, 43] and may have relevance for other lung diseases, like pulmonary fibrosis, asthma and pulmonary hypertension, but disease - related basic research aimed at searching for biomarkers is needed to achieve personalised and patient - specific treatments for lung diseases.
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Like Gilead, which aims to develop treatments for HIV / AIDS, hepatitis B and C, influenza, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and cystic fibrosis, other top employers accentuate the positive aspects of the life science industry by performing their R&D in entirely new areas.
«Inhibiting DGKi seems to reverse the effects of cystic fibrosis, but not block ENaC completely,» says Margarida Amaral from the University of Lisboa, «indeed, inhibiting DGKi reduces ENaC activity enough for cells to go back to normal, but not so much that they cause other problems, like pulmonary oedema.»
A progressive scarring of the lungs with no effective treatment, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects approximately 50,000 Americans annually, and like some cancers often is fatal within three years.
The report mentioned that the gene could even «shed light on the causes of lung injuries» but turned out they were talking about «injuries» like pneumonia, inflammation or pulmonary fibrosis.