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Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a broad group of lung diseases comprising of more than a hundred distinct disorders. All of these involve scarring or inflammation of the interstitial lung tissue and affect the volume of oxygen that can reach the bloodstream via the respiratory system.

Women experience higher waiting-list mortality in lung transplantation

Research highlights gender-based disparities in lung transplantation, showing women face longer wait times yet achieve better post-transplant survival outcomes.

13 Jan 2025

Study highlights gender inequality in lung transplantation access and outcomes

Women are less likely to receive a lung transplant and spend an average of six weeks longer on the waiting list, according to a study published today (Thursday) in ERJ Open Research.

8 Jan 2025

electronRx to launch purpleDx pulmonary disease smartphone app for remote lung function monitoring

electronRx, a leading digital medicine and biomarker company driving healthcare through pulmonary innovation, today announced that it will launch purpleDx, a cardiopulmonary assessment app built to medical device standards, at CES 2025 from 7-10 Jan in Las Vegas, USA.

12 Dec 2024

SCimilarity revolutionizes single-cell data analysis with rapid cross-tissue comparisons

Researchers developed SCimilarity, a groundbreaking metric-learning framework, to rapidly analyze and compare single-cell data across tissues, diseases, and experimental conditions. This tool enables scalable discovery of shared cellular states and biological insights across the Human Cell Atlas.

21 Nov 2024

New blood test detects early lung damage in cancer patients on targeted therapy

New study introduces a simple blood test to detect early lung damage in cancer patients receiving novel therapy with antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), which can sometimes cause serious, even fatal, lung disease (ILD).

12 Nov 2024

Boston University and GSK collaborate to tackle pulmonary fibrosis

Researchers from the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have announced a new collaboration with the global biopharma company GSK to advance innovative research focused on developing cutting-edge models to study and treat lung diseases like pulmonary fibrosis.

17 Oct 2024

New EULAR recommendations provide updated treatment strategies for systemic sclerosis

SSc is a rare connective tissue disorder, with both autoimmune and vascular features. The main hallmark is tissue and vascular fibrosis that can result in clinical heterogeneity of manifestations across the skin and internal organs.

14 Oct 2024

New drug shows strong activity against brain metastases in HER2-positive breast cancer

A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those that have spread to the brain in patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer.

13 Sep 2024

Research aims to improve interstitial lung disease prognosis with new imaging agent

Researchers at the University of Exeter and clinical radiopharmaceutical company Serac Healthcare Ltd are researching a new molecular imaging marker which could help to detect disease progression sooner.

11 Sep 2024

Ifinatamab deruxtecan shows promising results in advanced small cell lung cancer

The antibody–drug conjugate ifinatamab deruxtecan (I-DXd) showed clinically meaningful responses in pretreated patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), according to an interim analysis of the Phase 2 IDeate-Lung01 study.

9 Sep 2024

UVA researchers identify a potential treatment for respiratory symptoms of long COVID

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential treatment for the respiratory symptoms of long COVID after discovering an unknown cause of the condition inside the lungs.

30 Jul 2024

Open-ILD: Pioneering stem cell research to combat interstitial lung disease

Imagine a world where breathing is a luxury and a cough marks the sound of an inner battle. Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), a condition characterised by inflammation and fibrosis, is a major cause of severe respiratory illness and can occur in children.

13 Jun 2024

Interstitial Lung Disease News and Research

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Women experience higher waiting-list mortality in lung transplantation

Study highlights gender inequality in lung transplantation access and outcomes

electronRx to launch purpleDx pulmonary disease smartphone app for remote lung function monitoring

SCimilarity revolutionizes single-cell data analysis with rapid cross-tissue comparisons

New blood test detects early lung damage in cancer patients on targeted therapy

Boston University and GSK collaborate to tackle pulmonary fibrosis

New EULAR recommendations provide updated treatment strategies for systemic sclerosis

New drug shows strong activity against brain metastases in HER2-positive breast cancer

Research aims to improve interstitial lung disease prognosis with new imaging agent

Ifinatamab deruxtecan shows promising results in advanced small cell lung cancer

UVA researchers identify a potential treatment for respiratory symptoms of long COVID

Open-ILD: Pioneering stem cell research to combat interstitial lung disease

COVID-19 linked to rise in autoimmune lung disease, study finds

A previously unknown post-COVID syndrome found

Research shows the impact of social deprivation and distance on pulmonary fibrosis survival

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New murine model sheds light on anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis

UVA research could help identify COVID-19 survivors at risk for long-haul lung problems

Study reveals limited access to pulmonary rehabilitation for millions of Americans

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