Last month researchers published a paper describing the role of a protein found in the blood called osteopontin in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. This disease is very similar to Asbestosis where fibrotic tissue forms in the lungs and damages the lungs ability to transfer oxygen to the blood. The w...




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