Protein linked to cancer growth drives deadly lung disease

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

A protein associated with cancer growth appears to drive the deadly lung disease known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to new research. The discovery, made in laboratory mice and human tissue samples, may have implications for treating the disease using existing anti-cancer therapies that inhibit the protein PD-L1.

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