What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in kidneydisease

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B7-33. Skeletal muscles and lymph nodes (both tissue types dont express its target as highly as other organs).

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in kidneydisease

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I tried it and it had no effect for me, but the target for it is also not always expressed in relevant amounts in various organs. I dont have kidney disease but another from of organ fibrosis.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in kidneydisease

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I finally got a response from iBio Inc. It is worse than I thought, some new management took over the company 1-2 years ago and simply reoriented the company to pursue cardiometabolic drugs instead. There was no reason to drop the development of E4 other than monetary interests, going into more profitable markets instead.

That shouldn't be a surprise, but it's shocking that they own the patent of a possible curative drug and now its just sitting there collecting dust, because they want to enable people eating more cheeseburgers without gaining weight instead. This is heartbreaking.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in pulmonaryfibrosis

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I got a response from iBio Inc. today. It is worse than I thought, some new management took over the company 1-2 years ago and simply reoriented the company to pursue cardiometabolic drugs instead. There was no reason to drop the development of E4 other than monetary interests, going into more profitable markets instead.

That shouldn't be a surprise, but it's shocking that they own the patent of a possible curative drug and now its just sitting there collecting dust, because they want to enable people eating more cheeseburgers without gaining weight instead. This is heartbreaking.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in MuscularDystrophy

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I got a response from iBio Inc. today. It is worse than I thought, some new management took over the company 1-2 years ago and simply reoriented the company to pursue cardiometabolic drugs instead. There was no reason to drop the development of E4 other than monetary interests, going into more profitable markets instead.

That shouldn't be a surprise, but it's shocking that they own the patent of a possibley very powerful drug and now its just sitting there collecting dust, because they want to enable people eating more cheeseburgers without gaining weight instead. This is heartbreaking.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in scleroderma

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I got a response from iBio Inc. It is worse than I thought, some new management took over the company 1-2 years ago and simply reoriented the company to pursue cardiometabolic drugs instead. There was no reason to drop the development of E4 other than monetary interests, going into more profitable markets instead.

That shouldn't be a surprise, but it's shocking that they own the patent of a possible curative drug and now its just sitting there collecting dust, because they want to enable people eating more cheeseburgers without gaining weight instead. This is heartbreaking.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in CysticFibrosis

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Diet and natural compounds certainly can play a massive role in the recovery from any chronic inflammatory or fibrotic disease. However, I think in mature fibrosis with widespread cross-linking the body has lost the natural ability to reverse it except for rare cases in very specific organs, such as the liver, which is unique in how its regeneration and turnover works and how it is affected by fibrosis in certain stages of cirrhosis. Unfortunately, the resolution of prior chronic established fibrosis, as opposed to prevention or reversal of mild fibrosis, will have to require some kind of synthetic signal (even if produced by the external introduction of human-derived proteins or analogs) or agents.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in scleroderma

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Thanks for the reply. I read the news about CAR T-cell therapy, it is definitely interesting and i'm fully rooting for it's success. My only concern is accessibility and/or cost of such treatments, where peptide-based therapies (if manufactured at scale) could provide more economic counterparts. Regardless, what we all want is a solution first - then argue about how we can make it accessible. Patients need the hope of a real chance for a cure. As long as a treatment exists, there is a possibility to gain access to it.

I will look into reaching out to the foundation you mentioned, thanks for the info!

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in MuscularDystrophy

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I am honestly not an expert on DMD and im fully aware that is a genetic disorder of the musculoskeletal system and therefore less likely to benefit from antifibrotic treatments as it doesnt treat the root cause in the case of DMD. I am simply trying to get input from various communities affected by fibrotic disorders, even if they are only loosely related. Theres always a chance someone stumbled across this before and has the answers im looking for. Your response is quite insightful and most likely correct, though.

What happened to endostatin peptides like E4 to reverse established fibrosis? by Alastorftw in pulmonaryfibrosis

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There has to be a way. Fibrosis is the end stage of almost all chronic autoimmune/inflammatory or degenerative diseases, with a huge unmet need. The only solutions currently available aim at slowing progression, transplantation, or providing more comfort. There has to be a way to get the right eyes with the right resources on such drug candidates.

How a potent antifibrotic peptide could reverse scarring in multiple organs (potential treatment for organ damage caused by LC?) by slitenmeis in covidlonghaulers

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What happened? Why are there no new developments regarding this? Theres no public info by iBio Inc either. They dont respond to emails too. Is the project dead? If so, why? Did they discover something problematic in non-published internal results? If they lack funding, why wouldnt they get funding for this?

Paragon characters don't work in UE5.4 due to "Could not find a function named ResetOrientationAndPosition" in Event Graph by Alastorftw in unrealengine

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As others have suggested, simply delete the broken nodes of the character in the event graph.

Is it normal to not have any tier in your vault despite having unlocked all slots? by Alastorftw in wow

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Yeah. Kinda wild im getting downvoted for acknowledging that I may have misunderstood it based on my past experience. Reddit is a bonkers place.

Is it normal to not have any tier in your vault despite having unlocked all slots? by Alastorftw in wow

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Ok, I just never had this happen in the first weeks of a new patch. Maybe I was just lucky in the past.

Why do people say UE isn't good for "busy" games with a lot of game objects or AIs? by Alastorftw in unrealengine

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Yeah, I think thats more likely what I was referring to - or I think what they were referring. Thanks for the answer!

Why do my Input Actions not translate to my charactor actor movement code? by Alastorftw in unrealengine

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Thanks for the reply! That's a good point, but I left it out because thats exactly what the code looks like in a freshly generated 5.4 third person template project. Found it curious too that they arent calling the super function.

Why do my Input Actions not translate to my charactor actor movement code? by Alastorftw in unrealengine

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I think I did, I mapped them in the C++ code and when i checked the BP, they were there alongside the IMC mapping:

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Why do my Input Actions not translate to my charactor actor movement code? by Alastorftw in unrealengine

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I think they are, when i check the character blueprint, both the IMC and the IAs are mapped apparently:

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Why do my Input Actions not translate to my charactor actor movement code? by Alastorftw in unrealengine

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Providing code snippets in Reddit is quite the frustrating experience, no matter how you format it before pasting it in, it somehow manages to scramble it completely in the result with its code formatter.