The Sixth Annual ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ 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’ fibrotic cells. , of the at the RI-MUHC, led this innovative team.
Anie Philip, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Shikha Chawla, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Kenneth Finnson, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Jini John, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Tenzin Kungyal, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ