Emerging therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive age-related disease

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 16, 755 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.170 Authors: Ana L. Mora, Mauricio Rojas, Annie Pardo & Moises Selman Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal age-associated disease that is characterized by progressive and irreversible scarring of the lung. The pathogenesis of IPF is not completely understood and current therapies are limited to those that reduce the rate of functional decline in patients with
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