BLACKSBURG, Va., June 29 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
With no cure in sight, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis kills roughly 22,600 Americans each year. Virginia Tech doctoral student Diruba Yeasmen is working to halt the deadly lung disease.
A student in the Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, Yeasmen has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. The award will support her research on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic and fatal lung disease with limited treatment options.
IPF primarily affects older adults and is characterized by progressive scarring of lung tissue that impairs breathing. Despite advances in d...