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MECFA Blog

Pancreatic Cell Transplant Program Offers New Hope to Some CF Patients

The University of North Carolina (UNC) is among only a few institutions in the United States that offers patients with inflamed pancreas...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals opens expanded San Diego research center with focus on cystic fibrosis

Vertex Pharmaceuticals opened its new San Diego research center Monday, starting a new chapter in a decades-long quest to not only treat...

WVU Medicine Granted CFF Accreditation for its Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program

The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at West Virginia University Medicine’s Mountain State Cystic Fibrosis Center was recently awarded...

Immunosuppressive drug therapy for preventing rejection following lung transplantation in cystic fib

Abstract Background For people with cystic fibrosis and advanced pulmonary damage, lung transplantation is an available and viable...

Disease Duration, Flare-ups Affect Mental Health of Non-CF Bronchiectasis Patients, Study Finds

VERTEX’S CF BLOCKBUSTER TRIKAFTA EFFECTIVE IN KIDS 6 TO 11 YEARS OF AGE

A case for improved carrier screening

Vertex to Seek Expanded FDA Approval for Trikafta After Positive Child Safety Data

Vertex’s Kaftrio approved for use in Europe and made accessible on the NHS

Age May Affect Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients With Cystic Fibrosis

CFF Funding Will Further ContraFect’s Research Into Alternative for Antibiotics

The search for molecular glue in targeted disease control

Vest Therapy Lowers Risk of Hospitalization in Non-CF Bronchiectasis, Study Says

Harvard is working with Boston hospitals to test existing cystic fibrosis drug to help coronavirus p

Annual Scientific Conference

The Heartbreaking Reality of Cystic Fibrosis Care in Iraq: A Mother's Plea for Help

MECFA supports CF patients in Tunisia

International disparities in diagnosis and treatment access for cystic fibrosis

Philip Hopewell Prize for Global Respiratory Health Research

South Africans take on big pharma for access to ‘miracle’ cystic fibrosis drug

MECFA launches campaign to help people with CF in Gaza and the West Bank, Palestine

Ministry of Health unveils national electronic registry for cystic fibrosis patients

MECFA Jordan Project report

Conquering chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients