Marker for aggressive form of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis discovered

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A diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is not much better than a death sentence, given a survival rate averaging 4 to 6 years as the disease robs its victim of the ability to breathe.

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