Student Project Aims to Make CF Physiotherapy a Game
A video game aimed at encouraging young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients to do their breathing exercises is being tested at Great Ormond...
Antibiotic treatment for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in people with cystic fibrosis.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is one of the most common emerging multi-drug resistant organisms found in the lungs of people with cystic...
Claire’s Place Foundation Launches COVID-19 Emergency Fund for People with Cystic Fibrosis
Claire’s Place Foundation medical expert recommends all with cystic fibrosis self-quarantine immediately Claire’s Place Foundation, a...
COVID-19: NGO Commends Nana Addo For Suspending Foreign Travels For Gov’t Officials
The Management and Board of Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-GH) has applauded the President of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa...
New CRISPR Tool Fixes CFTR Mutations in CF Patients’ Stem Cells, Study Finds
A new variation of the gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 can correct mutations in the CFTR gene — the genetic cause of cystic fibrosis...
New drugs aim to disarm the immune system’s ‘atomic bomb’ cells
Seeking a new treatment for people who have dangerous blockages in their coronary arteries, doctors in London are trying to disarm the...
Inhaled Messenger RNA Treatment Fast-Tracked for Cystic Fibrosis
The Food and Drug Administration has granted Fast Track designation to MRT5005 (Translate Bio), an inhaled messenger RNA (mRNA)...
COVID-19 in Chronic Lung Disease: What You Need to Know
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been of major concern to the...
This new treatment helps 90% of cystic fibrosis patients breathe better
Vertex’s Trikafta was the second-fastest FDA approval in history, and could help some 27,000 patients. In October 2019, Vertex...
CFTR Amplifiers May Be Potent CF Mono or Combo Therapy, Study Says
Amplifiers, a potential new class of therapies that modify CFTR — the protein whose defects cause cystic fibrosis (CF) — do so by...
