Scientists hail new drug's potential

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Scientists hail new drug's potential

Jill Stark August 18, 2008

MELBOURNE scientists have developed a drug that may prevent a

condition responsible for up to 45% of all deaths in the Western world.

The drug works by preventing the spread of fibrosis - the

irreversible scarring of vital organs that underpins many major killers

such as kidney disease, heart failure, diabetes and lung and liver

problems. As fibrosis advances, it causes such extensive damage that

the organ shuts down, eventually resulting in death.

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