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Date:10/16/2007

nderstanding of pulmonary fibrosis, and eagerly await the opportunity to contribute to this partnership," said Mark Shreve, CEO for the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the nation's largest nonprofit organization representing the PF community. "New approaches are clearly needed to advance research into PF, and we're encouraged that such an esteemed group of specialists came together in this setting to freely discuss what opportunities may exist".

Comparative dog and human research is a growing trend in the scientific community due to the benefits for both. At nearby Purdue University, scientists are currently researching bladder cancer in dogs and applying what they're learning to human research and vice versa.

In addition to Dr. Roman and Dr. Williams, medical and veterinary specialists attending the first-time meeting included renowned human respiratory disease experts Kevin Brown, MD, from National Jewish Medical & Research Center and Amy Olson, MD from National Jewish Medical & Research Center, the University of Colorado and the University of Washington, Keith Meyer, MD, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Center, and David Perlman, MD, from University of Minnesota Medical Center, Timothy Weaver, PhD, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital, as well as veterinarians Elizabeth Rozanski, DVM, DACVIM, from Tufts University, Brendan Corcoran, MVB, DipPharm, PhD, MRCVS, of University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Laurent Couetil, DVM, PhD, DACVIM from Purdue University and Richard Vulliet, DVM, PhD of University of California-Davis.

Plans for the human/canine fibrotic lung disease research include the creation of the first published white paper on this aspect of fibrotic lung disease as well as the creation of diagnostic guidelines and standards of care for animals and creation of an animal tissue bank to study the pathology and epidemiology of the disease.

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