Cystic Fibrosis News and Research

Latest Cystic Fibrosis News and Research

Abbvie, Galapagos Ink Up To $405M CF Collaboration

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24 Sep 2013

Parenting stress among caregivers of children with chronic illness: A systematic review

The extra demands on parents of chronically ill children cause stress that affects the whole family, according to a systematic review conducted by Case Western Reserve University researchers that also explored what factors in the child's care most contribute to the added strain.

19 Sep 2013

VBP15 drug shows early promise for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A preclinical study led by researchers at Children's National Medical Center has found that a new oral drug shows early promise for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

18 Sep 2013

Sigma-Tau Pharmasource, Aradigm Ink Manufacturing Deal For Respiratory Disease Treatment

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16 Sep 2013

Scientists discover promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis

Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Regensburg University, both in Germany, and the University of Lisboa, in Portugal, have discovered a promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis.

13 Sep 2013

New open access Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology from Elsevier

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the launch of a new open access research publication - Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology (JCTE).

12 Sep 2013

New advances toward making molecular prosthetics a reality

The vision for a new branch of medicine, inspired by the ancient field that began with peg legs and hand hooks, commanded the spotlight in a major address by its pioneer here today at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.

11 Sep 2013

New study reveals damaging effects of road-side pollution in people with bronchiectasis

Living close to a busy road is associated with a higher risk of death in people with bronchiectasis.

10 Sep 2013

UNC study to explore technology use in screening newborns for genetic conditions

As the clinical use of genomic testing expands, the practical and ethical considerations of using the technology to screen newborns for genetic conditions will be the focus of a new study undertaken at the University of North Carolina.

5 Sep 2013

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Of the over 1,900 errors already reported in the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, it is unclear how many of them actually contribute to the inherited disease. Now a team of researchers reports significant headway in figuring out which mutations are benign and which are deleterious. In so doing, they have increased the number of known CF-causing mutations from 22 to 127, accounting for 95 percent of the variations found in patients with CF.

26 Aug 2013

Twice-daily KALYDECO improves lung function in people with cystic fibrosis

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd., announces the presentation of data from KALYDECO (ivacaftor) studies at the 10th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Auckland, New Zealand, August 17 – 20, 2013, which further demonstrate the benefits of the medicine in people with cystic fibrosis ages 6 and older who have at least one copy of the G551D mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene.

21 Aug 2013

Research: 2 forms of iron to treat cystic fibrosis lung infection

The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa needs iron to establish and maintain a biofilm in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, and therapies have been proposed to deprive the bacteria of this necessary element.

20 Aug 2013

New discovery to fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs

The fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs has taken a step forward thanks to a new discovery by scientists at The University of Nottingham.

14 Aug 2013

Study: 3 enzymes required for building sugar superstructure involved in muscular dystrophies

For many inherited diseases, such as cystic fibrosis or Huntington disease, the disease-causing genetic mutation damages or removes a protein that has an essential role in the body. This protein defect is the root cause of the disease symptoms.

9 Aug 2013

AmpliPhi releases data on phage therapy for treatment of lung infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients

AmpliPhi BioSciences Corp. (OTC: APHB) ("AmpliPhi"), the leader in the development of bacteriophage-based antibacterial therapies to treat drug resistant bacterial infections, yesterday presented data relating to the use of bacteriophages in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) at the 20th Biennial Evergreen International Phage Meeting held in Olympia, Washington, USA. P. aeruginosa is the major cause of lung infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.

8 Aug 2013

Microbiologists identify staph-killing compound that may be effective for osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis, a debilitating bone infection most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus ("staph") bacteria, is particularly challenging to treat.

2 Aug 2013

Breath analysis: Noninvasive way to quickly determine severity of bacterial infections

Breath analysis may prove to be an accurate, noninvasive way to quickly determine the severity of bacterial and other infections, according to a UC Irvine study appearing online today in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

2 Aug 2013

Hope for treatment of childhood infections may come straight from the gut: Therapeutic poop

Call it therapeutic poop, if you will, but the best hope yet for an effective treatment of childhood infections with the drug-resistant bacterium C. difficile may come straight from the gut, according to recent research.

30 Jul 2013

Weekend reading: The mystery of some innovations that are slow to be accepted; myths about the obesity crisis

Why do some innovations spread so swiftly and others so slowly? Consider the very different trajectories of surgical anesthesia and antiseptics. ... On October 16, 1846, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Morton administered his gas through an inhaler in the mouth of a young man undergoing the excision of a tumor in his jaw. ... By February, anesthesia had been used in almost all the capitals of Europe, and by June in most regions of the world.

26 Jul 2013

Scientists to explore student-driven research model for Distributed Drug Discovery

Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will host scientists from around the world next week for the first-ever workshop devoted to Distributed Drug Discovery, an innovative, student-driven research program quickly becoming a high-impact, low-cost teaching model.

20 Jul 2013

Cystic Fibrosis News and Research

Latest Cystic Fibrosis News and Research

Abbvie, Galapagos Ink Up To $405M CF Collaboration

Parenting stress among caregivers of children with chronic illness: A systematic review

VBP15 drug shows early promise for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Sigma-Tau Pharmasource, Aradigm Ink Manufacturing Deal For Respiratory Disease Treatment

Scientists discover promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis

New open access Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology from Elsevier

New advances toward making molecular prosthetics a reality

New study reveals damaging effects of road-side pollution in people with bronchiectasis

UNC study to explore technology use in screening newborns for genetic conditions

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Twice-daily KALYDECO improves lung function in people with cystic fibrosis

Research: 2 forms of iron to treat cystic fibrosis lung infection

New discovery to fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs

Study: 3 enzymes required for building sugar superstructure involved in muscular dystrophies

AmpliPhi releases data on phage therapy for treatment of lung infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients

Microbiologists identify staph-killing compound that may be effective for osteomyelitis

Breath analysis: Noninvasive way to quickly determine severity of bacterial infections

Hope for treatment of childhood infections may come straight from the gut: Therapeutic poop

Weekend reading: The mystery of some innovations that are slow to be accepted; myths about the obesity crisis

Scientists to explore student-driven research model for Distributed Drug Discovery

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