Organ Care System Used at Florida Hospital Expected to Make More Lungs Suitable for Transplant
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) announced that is the first in Florida to use an organ care system that allows donor lungs, hearts, and...
Specific Variables Improve Disease Severity Discrimination Among CF Transplant Candidates
The inclusion of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry variables in the lung allocation score (LAS) calculation allowed for...
Modified and More Rigorous Cleansing Procedure May Better Prepare CF Patients for Colonoscopy, Study
People with cystic fibrosis (CF) may require a modified and more rigorous cleansing procedure to prepare their bowels for a colonoscopy...
Life-saving designer ‘NINJA virus’ hailed as medical breakthrough in curing infection
A VIRUS cocktail designed to seek and destroy bacteria has cleared a 15-year-old lung transplant patient of an antibiotic-resistant...
Phages, Viruses that Attack Bacteria, Are a Potential Therapy Against Infections, Case Report Sugges
The case report of a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient suggests that phages — viruses that naturally infect and kill bacteria — are a...
Law Student returned to life with lung transplantation
Law student came back to life with lung transplantation, 20 years of law student struggles with genetic disease ISTANBUL – For many...
Proof that Mycobacterium Abscessus Doesn’t Always Lead to Transplant Failure
Part two of a series. Read part one. Last week, I wrote about how disheartened I felt that many lung transplant centers refuse to help...
#ECFS2018 — Hard-to-Treat Infections May Not Impact Survival of CF Patients After Lung Transplant, S
One-year survival after a lung transplant of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients chronically infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria is...
