May 1, 2026 Seoyoung Kang en.sedaily.com On the 28th of April, the Korea National Institute of Health Research identified a new function of the ATF3 gene that regulates immune adverse reactions during idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis progression. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic disease that causes shortness of breath due to the progression of unknown fibrosis in lung tissue. It usually occurs in smokers over the age of 50 and in the past, and the symptoms worsen gradu