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...
Progress for Cystic Fibrosis [INFOGRAPHIC]
These figures were taken from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s (CFF) 2017 Patient Registry Annual Data Report. The mortality rate in 2017...
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Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Announces Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CF Foundation) To Provide Funding and Su
CF Foundation and Eloxx to form joint program advisory group focused on the development of ELX-02 for cystic fibrosis Eloxx plans to...
Minimally Invasive Imaging Device Shows Changes in Nasal Airways, May Allow Earlier CF Diagnosis
A minimally invasive imaging device that generates high-resolution images of nasal airways, including the cilia and mucus, allows...
Proteostasis Begins Dosing in Phase 2 Trial of 3 CF Investigational Therapies
The first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial testing Proteostasis Therapeutics‘s combinations of three investigational...
Kalydeco’s Safety and Benefits Studied in CF Patients with Severe Lung Disease
Treatment with Kalydeco (ivacaftor) improved lung function, exercise capacity, and sweat chloride concentration in cystic fibrosis (CF)...
Babies Treated with Synagis Show No Lasting Benefits in Lung Health as 7-Year-Olds, Real-world Study
Treating infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) with the antiviral therapy Synagis(palivizumab) does not improve long-term outcomes in lung...
Incidence of CF-related Diabetes Stable in Pediatric CF, Canadian Study Finds
The incidence rate of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) has remained stable over time,...
Diabetes and Insulin Treatment Adds to CF Burden and Ways Are Needed to Ease It, Study Says
Having to take insulin to treat cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) adds to patient distress and sense of a poorer quality of life, a...
We Must Pay Closer Attention to the Global CF Population
Based on the stringent qualifications the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation uses to determine who has cystic fibrosis, approximately 70,000...
