Medications
FDA approves new drug for most common form of cystic fibrosis
(HealthDay)—A new drug to treat most cystic fibrosis patients has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Oct 22, 2019
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Medical research
Patients' avatars being used to test cystic fibrosis drugs
UNSW researchers are leading a revolutionary approach to managing treatment of cystic fibrosis using patients' derived lung and gut mini-organs or avatars to test how they will respond to the latest drugs.
Sep 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Adding clinical variables improves accuracy of lung allocation score
Implemented back in 2005, the lung allocation score is used to prioritize patients awaiting lung transplants in the United States. Sicker transplant candidates have a higher calculated score and are placed at the top of the ...
Jun 25, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Manuka honey to kill drug-resistant bacteria found in cystic fibrosis infections
Manuka honey could provide the key to a breakthrough treatment for cystic fibrosis patients following preliminary work by experts at Swansea University.
May 29, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests the majority of tourniquets used in medical procedures are contaminated
New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April) shows that a majority of tourniquets inspected contained microbes which ...
Apr 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Common virus linked to faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis
A new study has found that cystic fibrosis patients who have a common virus may experience faster disease progression than patients who do not have the virus. Signs of faster cystic fibrosis disease progression included earlier ...
Apr 08, 2019
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Medical research
Potential cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for missing lung protein
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, operating as a prosthesis on the molecular scale, says new ...
Mar 13, 2019
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ATS publishes new clinical guideline on home oxygen for children
The American Thoracic Society has developed a new clinical practice guideline for home oxygen therapy for children. The guideline appears in the Feb. 1 edition of the Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical ...
Feb 01, 2019
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Medical research
Discovery could improve cystic fibrosis treatment
Researchers exploring the effects of a long-standing treatment for cystic fibrosis have discovered a potential new target for drugs to treat the disease, which has no cure and typically cuts decades off the lives of patients.
Jan 31, 2019
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Genetics
Blood test could lead to cystic fibrosis treatment tailored to each patient
Researchers at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and colleagues, used a blood test and microarray technology to identify distinct molecular signatures in ...
Dec 13, 2018
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