Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified an agent that in lab tests protected the skin and lungs from fibrosis, a process that can ultimately end in organ failure and even death because the damaged tissue becomes scarred and can no longer function properly.

Canadian Double-Lung Transplant Recipient Receives Diamond Jubilee Medal from Canadian Prime Minister Harper CHICAGO, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In her first

Foundation Announces Suite of Complementary Initiatives for Patients and Caregivers to Provide Enhanced Resources and Support CHICAGO, May 14, 2012

ATLANTA, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Georgia Chapter will hold its 22(nd) Annual GREAT STRIDES walk.

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report that significant numbers of myofibroblasts – cells that produce the fibrous scarring in chronic liver injury – revert to an inactive phenotype as the liver heals.