Home Monitoring of Lung Health Possible With NuvoAir System, Studies Report
The NuvoAir Home platform — NuvoAir’s respiratory support system for people with lung diseases — allows adults and children with cystic...
Bronchitol Approved As Add On Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis Patients
The Food and Drug Association has approved Chiesi's Bronchitol (mannitol) as an inhalation powder for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in...
ROLE OF MUCUS IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS, A STUDY REVEALS
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disorder that primarily affects the lungs, digestive system, and other organs of the body. Usually,...
Respiratory Care Teams Are the MVPs of CF Care
As a person with cystic fibrosis, I’ve formed close-knit relationships with care providers in multiple disciplines. Before my double-lung...
enGene Receives Funding Through Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Path to a Cure
BOSTON and MONTRÉAL, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - enGene Inc., a biotechnology company developing non-viral gene therapies for local...
Preclinical Work Supports ELX-02, Potential Treatment for Nonsense Mutations
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals presented preclinical safety and efficacy data supporting ELX-02, its investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) and staphylococcus aureus infections
Staphylococcus aureus (known as staph) is a bacterium that is quite common in the general population. If someone with cystic fibrosis...
New medical trial for Cystic Fibrosis patients helps with medication side effects
The coronavirus pandemic has had a surprising benefit for cystic fibrosis patients. Dr. Perry Brown, with the St. Luke's Idaho Cystic...
IV antibiotics not superior to oral therapy for eradicating P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis
Treatment with IV antibiotics, compared with oral therapy, did not achieve sustained eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a greater...
Treating cystic fibrosis with mRNA therapy or CRISPR
New Rochelle, NY, October 8, 2020--The potential for treating cystic fibrosis (CF) using mRNA therapies or CRISPR gene editing is...
