Genetics
Scientists use gene editing to correct mutation in cystic fibrosis
Yale researchers successfully corrected the most common mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a lethal genetic disorder.
Apr 27, 2015
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Cystic Fibrosis
Medical research
Scientists grow 'mini-lungs' to aid the study of cystic fibrosis
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have successfully created 'mini-lungs' using stem cells derived from skin cells of patients with cystic fibrosis, and have shown that these can be used to test potential new drugs ...
Mar 19, 2015
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Medical research
New cystic fibrosis research takes aim at deadly pathogen
A new method of testing the most common cause of life-threatening infection in people with cystic fibrosis could improve efforts to study and combat the illness.
Mar 17, 2015
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Immunology
Can antibiotics cause autoimmunity?
The code for every gene includes a message at the end of it that signals the translation machinery to stop. Some diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, can result from mutations that insert this ...
Mar 31, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is a 'buttery' molecule behind cystic fibrosis flare-ups?
A molecule previously linked to lung injuries in factory workers producing microwave popcorn might play an important role in microbial infections of the lung suffered by people with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to a recent ...
Feb 21, 2014
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Medical research
New test for cystic fibrosis may lead to more treatments
(Medical Xpress)—Treatments for cystic fibrosis may be easier to develop with the use of a new test created by Stanford researchers.
Feb 12, 2014
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Medical research
Researchers develop new drug approach that could lead to cures for wide range of diseases
A team led by a longtime Oregon Health & Science University researcher has demonstrated in mice what could be a revolutionary new technique to cure a wide range of human diseases—from cystic fibrosis to cataracts to Alzheimer's ...
Dec 9, 2013
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Medical research
From common colds to deadly lung diseases, one protein plays key role
An international team of researchers has zeroed in on a protein that plays a key role in many lung-related ailments, from seasonal coughing and hacking to more serious diseases such as MRSA infections and cystic fibrosis.
Dec 9, 2013
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Genetics
New startup looking to cure genetic diseases by editing genes in new way
(Medical Xpress)—A new startup company called Editas Medicine (with $43 million in funding) is looking to expand on research that has already led to a system called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas ...
Genetics
105 additional genetic errors that cause cystic fibrosis pinpointed
Of the over 1,900 errors already reported in the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF), it is unclear how many of them actually contribute to the inherited disease. Now a team of researchers reports significant headway ...
Aug 25, 2013
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