Personalized Nutrition Programs May Help Improve Outcomes for CF Patients, Survey Suggests
New personalized strategies that can address the nutritional needs of cystic fibrosis patients may provide the best care and improve...
The Diverse Spectrum of Health Across the CF Community
If you’ve ever met more than one person with cystic fibrosis, it’s likely they had very different experiences than you. First, their...
Eluforsen Improves CFTR Protein Function in CF Patients with F508del Mutations, Phase 1 Trial Shows
An exploratory Phase 1 trial showed that repeated intranasal treatment with the therapy eluforsen improved CFTR protein activity in...
Inhalable RNA could breathe new life into lung cancer treatments
Lung epithelial cells that have taken up the mRNA particles (yellow dots), which makes them glow green(Credit: Asha Patel) In the body,...
Vertex to Request Review of Orkambi, Symkevi Plus Kalydeco for Public Funding in Scotland
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced its intention to submit an application to the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) to review the...
Study Reveals How Cystic Fibrosis Affects Young Women’s Sexual Health
Girls with cystic fibrosis (CF) reach puberty six to eight months later than healthy girls, about 16 percent of young females with CF...
PARI Devices used in SHIP Study of Hypertonic Saline in Preschoolers with Cystic Fibrosis
MIDLOTHIAN, Va., Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study in preschoolers with cystic fibrosis (CF) conducted by Cystic Fibrosis...
Avycaz May Be Effective for Multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa Infections in CF Patients, Study Sugge
Antibacterial Avycaz (ceftazidime-avibactam) showed significant in vitroefficacy against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
The Bittersweet Downside of CFTR Modulators
I’ve been on Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor), a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator, for just over three...
Worse CF Lung Outcomes Linked with Mutations Causing Iron Overload Disorder, Study Finds
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who carry certain mutations in the HFE gene, which are also behind an iron overload disorder, have...
