Idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a subset of interstitial lung diseases, where in the normal ageing of lung is augmented. It is characterised by fibrosis of the lung architecture which ...

"This time, we also studied patients with post-COVID-19-interstitial lung disease—that is, pulmonary fibrosis that happens as a result of COVID-19. To achieve this goal, we used single-cell RNA ...

An imbalance in gene activity in two types of immune cells explains why lung fibrosis after a severe COVID-19 infection doesn ...

Pulmonary fibrosis in patients with COVID-19 tends to resolve, while idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis always progresses.

IPF affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs. This condition develops when lung tissue becomes ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension experience improved ...

Children diagnosed with interstitial lung disease often survive into adulthood, when they are likely to need care for related impairments.

Lung transplant recipients are highly susceptible to infection, the researchers noted, and P. aeruginosa is a leading cause of bacterial pneumonia for them. Indeed, it was the most frequently isolated ...

Receiving a diagnosis for any disease/condition is not an easy experience. One organization hopes to make patients newly ...