Using CRISPR gene editing, a team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine have thwarted a lethal lung disease in an animal model in which a harmful mutation causes... Read more
Scientists at McMaster University have discovered several new biomarkers from a single drop of blood that could allow earlier and more definitive detection of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic... Read more
Study used blood test to identify distinct molecular signatures of disease; paves the way to precision medicine for cystic fibrosis Researchers at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute... Read more
UNC School of Medicine and Duke University researchers show why coughing can’t force mucus free from airways to help people battle cystic fibrosis and chronic bronchitis, and how new treatme... Read more
These cells appear to be the primary source of activity of the gene responsible for multiorgan disease n separate studies published online today in Nature, two independent research teams rep... Read more
The number of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases is rising globally. But a newly discovered natural antibiotic — produced by bacteria from the lung infection in a cystic fibrosis patient... Read more
American and European researchers publish study in Nature Medicine reporting a new, single treatment option for cystic fibrosis patients Researchers from the George Washington University (GW... Read more
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have discovered a new molecule which has the potential to prolong the life of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). The molecule represents a possib... Read more
New medication also reduces by 40 percent the number of pulmonary exacerbations, the leading cause of death in cystic fibrosis patients Results from two phase 3 clinical trials published tod... Read more
They hope to start clinical trials in cystic fibrosis patients in the coming years. Cystic fibrosis is a lethal genetic disorder that in France affects one child per 4,500 births. An interna... Read more
“Inhibiting DGKi seems to reverse the effects of cystic fibrosis” Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Regensburg University, both in German... Read more
