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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have devised a cure for pulmonary fibrosis that involves employing nanoparticles coated with mannose, a sugar, to prevent a group of lung cells called macrophages from contributing to lung tissue damage. The cell-targeting technique has the potential to avoid this life-threatening lung scarring condition, which can cause shortness of breath and other life-threatening problems.
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