However, the team discovered that in people with lung fibrosis, these clock oscillations extend out to the small air spaces, called alveoli. Studies in mice revealed that by altering the clock ...

that may explain resolution versus progression of pulmonary fibrosis." IPF affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs. This condition develops when lung tissue becomes ...

However, in case of IPF, the alveoli walls get thicker ... At present, there is no cure for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However, medicines, procedures, or other treatments might help slow ...