Investigators from Mass General Brigham and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed STITCHR, a new gene editing tool that can insert therapeutic genes into specific locations without causing unwanted mutations. ...
Apr 9, 2025
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The United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the first guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), in order to improve timely detection of CF in infants from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. The new ...
Apr 2, 2025
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A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reveals the process underlying protein organization on cell membranes, a finding that could pave the way for innovative cystic fibrosis treatments.
Mar 13, 2025
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A recent retrospective study published in CHEST evaluated the effects of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator use on pregnancy outcomes in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). Conducted across ...
Mar 11, 2025
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An inhalable medicine with the potential to improve lung disease in people with cystic fibrosis, irrespective of their mutation type, is being tested in human trials in the UK and Europe.
Feb 20, 2025
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Findings from a new Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal mBio, highlight key differences in the gut microbiome (communities of bacteria) of infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared to that of healthy infants, and ...
Feb 13, 2025
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Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Working with an international team, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered that the disease causes changes in ...
Feb 6, 2025
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease affecting multiple organ systems, with pancreatic dysfunction representing a critical and often overlooked complication. A recent study published in eGastroenterology ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Each child had already undergone at least three open-heart surgeries. They'd endured countless hours in doctors' offices and hospitals after being born with a serious heart condition.
Dec 31, 2024
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Cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that attacks the lungs, affects roughly 1 in 3,000 people, and cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) is its most common complication, a rare and unique type that differs from more common ...
Dec 18, 2024
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