Scientists discover immune cell networks driving deadly lung disease

Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, potentially opening a path to new treatments for a condition that kills 80% of patients within a decade.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung tissue and makes breathing increasingly difficult until patients can’t get enough oxygen. Available drugs provide minimal benefit. Lung transplantation works for some patients, but transplants have a 50% five-year mortality…

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