Cough medicine reverses fibrosis in animal models
Screening a library of 712 market-approved drugs, German researchers have found that a cough medicine most efficiently reduced incurable lung fibrosis in mice and in vitro.
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Screening a library of 712 market-approved drugs, German researchers have found that a cough medicine most efficiently reduced incurable lung fibrosis in mice and in vitro.
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