The Sixth Annual 91社区 Clinical Innovation Competition and Awards Ceremony took place on May 11, 2023.
Winner of the Hakim Family Innovation Prize: PL Signals
Lung fibrosis is a serious chronic and progressive disease with limited treatment options. TGF-beta is a potent pro-fibrotic factor, and its excessive action plays a central role in lung fibrosis. The PL Signals team developed a novel anti-fibrotic biologic that traps TGF-beta with high specificity and efficiently reduces lung fibrosis in preclinical models and in vitro in patients鈥� fibrotic cells. , of the at the RI-MUHC, led this innovative team.
Anie Philip, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 91社区
Shikha Chawla, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 91社区
Kenneth Finnson, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 91社区
Jini John, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 91社区
Tenzin Kungyal, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 91社区