Gene therapy targets untreatable cystic fibrosis mutation affecting about 10% of patients

Cystic fibrosis is among the most common, known and studied genetic diseases. It affects over 100,000 people worldwide and ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan

Advancements in cystic fibrosis treatment bring about life changes in patients

Maren Denison, third-year student at the University of Iowa, was in sixth grade when she found out her lung function had dropped to 60 percent as half of her lung had collapsed and was scarred shut.
Healio

In-hospital mortality elevated in cystic fibrosis cardiac hospitalizations

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cardiac cause hospitalizations included those for atrial fibrillation, heart failure or myocardial infarction.
Mirage News

Nanobody Breakthrough Fixes Cystic Fibrosis Defect

Joint Press Release from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ...
Medscape

Scotland Approves New Triple Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

Patients aged 6 years and older with cystic fibrosis will be able to access the triple combination treatment vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor on NHS Scotland ...
The Atlantic

Everyone Thinks They're Skinny; A Cystic Fibrosis Breakthrough

Discovered: Everyone thinks they're skinnier than they are, a big Cystic Fibrosis breakthrough, dialysis isn't very sexy and money, not race, explains gap in life expectancy.
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Gene therapy targets rare cystic fibrosis mutation affecting ~10%

For roughly one in ten people living with cystic fibrosis, the drugs that have transformed survival for most CF patients are ...