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Meeting may spur faster progress in lung, liver, kidney, heart and skin fibrosis; collaboration could drive future treatments and cures DENVER, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient groups applaud first-of-its-kind medical symposium that brought together experts in fibrotic diseases from around the globe to explore the similarities that exist in fibrosis of different organ systems. The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF), The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF)...

Anything Goes' Julie Halston, Robert Creighton, and Surprise Guest Joel Grey Join Legendary Belter Darlene Love for Second Annual Broadway Belts for PFF! NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With honors ranging from the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame to the Tony Awards, Broadway's best performers gathered Monday night to raise awareness of the rare disease, pulmonary fibrosis, and honor the memory of Associated Press theater critic, Michael Kuchwara. Hosted by...

New Awards Totaling $200,000 to be Offered in 2012; Deadline for Letters of Intent is November 17, 2011 CHICAGO, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) announced today that it has established the PFF Research Fund to Cure Pulmonary Fibrosis, a fund created to support research that will assist in the development of successful therapies for pulmonary fibrosis (PF). PF is a progressive and ultimately fatal lung disease that affects more than 200,000...

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation On Course to Achieve Major 2011 Initiatives CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) is pleased to announce that it has received an official endorsement from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) for its upcoming scientific conference, IPF Summit 2011: From Bench to Bedside, taking place on December 1-3, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. "We are proud to have an ATS endorsement for the Summit," says Daniel M. Rose,...

Ninth Annual National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week Sept. 18-24 CULVER CITY, Calif., Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Doris Lowenthal planned to be on Capitol Hill this week. As a member of the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis' (CPF) Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) Awareness Week volunteer team, she was scheduled for more than 60 meetings with members of Congress and staff members. She prepared just what she wanted to say to them to gain their compassion and their co-sponsorship of a...

American Thoracic Society and Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis Partner to Raise Awareness, Help Patients, Move Legislation on Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) are holding two weeks of national awareness efforts (September 13-18 and Sept. 18-24 respectively) to bring attention to a lethal lung disease that claims as many American lives each year as breast cancer - yet is...

Landmark Bill Introduced in Senate and House Would Create National Patient Registry, Increase Public Awareness of Lethal Lung Disease WASHINGTON, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) announced today the Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act (PFREA) has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). The PFREA...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Not much is known about the fatal lung diseases pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial pneumonia. That may change in the near future. Researchers have identified a genetic variation that increases a person's risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis, and in the process, they have uncovered a possible cause for the disease.Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and familial interstitial pneumonia (FIP) are fatal lung diseases in which progressive scarring of the lungs prevent...

Genetic Variant Associated with MUC5B Gene ID's Major Risk Factor, Points Research in New Direction CULVER CITY, Calif., April 21, 2011/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new discovery in a deadly lung disease may change the direction of research while uncovering increased risk for many patients and families. The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis (CPF) and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) applaud the efforts of scientists that led to the discovery of a genetic variation associated with the...

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Names Dolly Kervitsky as Vice President of Patient Relations CHICAGO, April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) has appointed respiratory therapist and certified clinical research coordinator, Dolly Kervitsky, RCP, CCRC, as Vice President of Patient Relations. Ms. Kervitsky leaves leadership positions at National Jewish Health (NJH) where she served as the Program Manager for the Interstitial and Autoimmune Lung Disease...