"People have shown that fibroblasts are the cell types responsible for scarring—in the skin, the lungs and the brain—but this particular type of fibroblast seems unique to the lung." Having found the ...

Scientists at the Cancer Research Manchester Institute have created a new model of Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma (LUSC), a common type of lung cancer, to study the development, activity, and ...

In an experiment, Plevritis showed that lung cancer cells die when doused with a type of anti-tumor drug that stunts cell growth. But throw fibroblasts into the mix, and the entire landscape ...