Scientists have identified gene, protein, and signaling pathway alterations in the livers of people with portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH) — a…
Articles by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
Among patients undergoing surgery for a heart valve disease, the presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) was associated with a…
Certain proteins implicated in the immune response and inflammation showed a potential to serve as blood biomarkers of pulmonary…
Scientists in India have developed derivatives of bosentan — the active ingredient in Tracleer — that were able to…
People with a combination of two lung diseases — specifically pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema, known as CPFE — who also…
A one-time surgical procedure called pulmonary artery denervation or PADN was linked to a reduced risk of clinical worsening in…
Treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) for three weeks lowered signs of cardiac fibrosis, or scar tissue build-up, in a rat model…
AV-101, an inhaled formulation of imatinib for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) now being tested in clinical trials,…
A gene called RASA3 may be a candidate gene — one suspected of playing a role in a specific trait…
Noninvasive clinical assessments to identify children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) at risk of poorer outcomes align well with…
Team PHenomenal Hope — Team PH — a nonprofit organization seeking to raise awareness about pulmonary hypertension (PH),…
Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) and balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) — two treatment approaches for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) —…