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.

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BRISBANE, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- InterMune, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITMN) today announced that Daniel G.

SUMMIT, N.J., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulmonary and Allergy Associates of Summit, Cedar Knolls, Livingston, Millburn, Newark and Hackettstown announced that it will be co-sponsoring a

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