Are intestinal organoids the key to developing personalized therapy for cystic fibrosis?
Intestinal organoids have been utilized to develop personalized therapy for cystic fibrosis patients. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare...
New treatment kills off infection that can be deadly to cystic fibrosis patients
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new treatment developed by researchers at Aston University and Birmingham Children's Hospital has been found...
Proteostasis On Track to Develop Organoids for Personalized Medicine Strategy for CF Patients with R
A project aimed at personalized medicine based on the use of organoids, or “mini-organs,” from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with rare...
CF Carriers at Increased Risk for Disease-related Conditions, Study Reports
Cystic fibrosis carriers — individuals who have certain genetic mutations in one of the copies of the CFTR gene — have a significantly...
5 FDA approval decisions to watch in the 1st quarter
Credit: Yujin Kim / MedTech Dive, original photo courtesy of U.S. Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration cleared...
Medical Mystery: It took more than 50 years to find out why his health was so poor
For as long as he can remember, Steven Knapp never felt well. “That was pretty much true from early childhood,” said Knapp, a...
New agents to fight multidrug-resistant germs
Resistance to antibiotics is on the rise worldwide. Fraunhofer scientists have joined forces with partners in the Phage4Cure project to...
CF Newborn Screening Improves Weight and Lung Outcomes, but Has No Impact on Social Inequalities, St
Babies diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) through newborn bloodspot screening show better lung function, can better stave off infection...
Care of Children with Bronchiectasis Lags Those with Cystic Fibrosis, Australian Study Finds
Children with bronchiectasis have poorer lung function than those with (CF), likely because of the u8differing levels of care given to...
The immune system listens in on bacteria signaling to each other
The immune response can be modulated by bacterial signaling molecules. One bacterium does not an infection cause; the microbes work as a...
