Women With CF Use Combined Hormonal Contraceptives More Than Other Methods, Study Reports
Among women of childbearing age with cystic fibrosis (CF), the use of combined hormonal contraceptives containing both estrogen and...
Drying Does Not Clear Nebulizers of NTM Bacteria, Study Finds
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), a type of infectious bacteria, is able to survive being dried for a full day, a study found,...
CHMP Gives Positive Opinion to Vertex’s Triple Combination Therapy Kaftrio
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion for Kaftrio (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in...
New Combination of CFTR Mutations Found in Chinese Siblings With CF
A combination of two mutations, including one that had never been reported, were found in two Chinese siblings who developed a severe...
Second-hand Smoke Affects Metabolism in Infants and Children with CF, Study Finds
Exposure to second-hand smoke in infants and children with cystic fibrosis (CF) is linked to changes in levels of metabolites and...
Cystic Fibrosis and Herpes Are Not the Same Thing
I don’t have herpes. I need to clarify this. I don’t have herpes, or Hep C, or cancer, even though many seem to think I do. Although I...
4DMT Receives Up to $14M from CFF for Development of Customized Gene Carrier
After being given more than $3 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) in 2017 to expand the development of viral vectors for...
Suppressing Function of Chloride Channel TMEM16A Eyed as Potential Therapeutic Approach
Researchers have reported the case of two siblings with impaired CFTR function due to a deficiency in another chloride channel, called...
Microbe DNA Discovery May Lead to Noninvasive Test for CF Infections
People with cystic fibrosis (CF) have higher levels of DNA from common microbes that cause CF-related infections circulating in their...
Real-world Use of Kalydeco for CF Highly Effective, Large-scale Analysis Shows
Kalydeco treatment led to fewer deaths, transplants, hospitalizations, and exacerbations in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared to...
