Mutation of one gene is all it takes to get cystic fibrosis (CF), but disease severity depends on many other genes and proteins. For the first time, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have identified genetic pathways ...
Feb 23, 2015
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Canadians with cystic fibrosis are living almost 20 years longer than they did two decades ago, according to a research paper published today.
Nov 13, 2014
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From an early age, the lungs of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) are colonised and infected by bacteria, a common example being S. aureus. These bacterial infections cause the lungs to become inflamed, infected, and ...
Oct 14, 2014
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UNC School of Medicine researchers have provided the first quantitative evidence that mucins – the protein framework of mucus – are significantly increased in cystic fibrosis patients and play a major role in failing ...
Jun 2, 2014
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Boosting a key immune process called autophagy with interferon gamma (IFN-γ) could help clear a lethal bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis, a new study suggests. The work, led by a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide ...
May 20, 2014
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New research suggests that lowering excessive levels of a protein in immune system cells could be a strategy to clear an infection that is deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Jan 23, 2013
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Scientists more used to studying the communities of bacteria that live in natural environments like rivers and soils are helping transform doctors' understanding of a life-threatening illness, and could ultimately shed light ...
Dec 20, 2012
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(Medical Xpress)—Healthy people's lungs are home to a diverse community of microbes that differs markedly from the bacteria found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. That's the result of new research from Stanford ...
Sep 27, 2012
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Current treatments for cystic fibrosis are not suitable for all patients. The lack of treatment options is distressing for people suffering from a rare type of this degenerative and life-threatening disease. But researchers ...
Feb 2, 2022
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With more adolescents and young adults being treated for COVID-19, clinicians are concerned that these people also will start showing post-COVID—or "long haul"—symptoms from their bouts with the virus. A recent Johns ...
May 19, 2021
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