Cystic Fibrosis is a rare autosomal recessive disease that causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs, affecting numerous ...

At 7 years old, Morgan Barrett was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Prior to her diagnosis, she struggled to gain weight ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated ...

The median life expectancy for cystic fibrosis is now over 30 years, and it is projected that in newborn infants it will become more than 40 years. The identification of the cystic fibrosis gene and ...

Breathing—a natural and essential process—can be an incredibly labored process for people with cystic fibrosis. CF, a genetic ...

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a Cl−-ion channel, assembles into dynamic macromolecular complexes. Understanding how these complexes regulate the intracellular ...

Background Clinical trials in cystic fibrosis (CF) have been hindered by the paucity of well characterised and clinically relevant outcome measures. Aim To evaluate a range of conventional and novel ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — When he was about 14, Pete Proimos learned a soul-crushing statistic about the cystic fibrosis he’d endured since birth: Patients back then didn’t live much past high school.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common inherited diseases in white Americans—occurring in 1 in every 4,855 births—but mounting evidence suggests that the disease is more common in ...

“Cystic Fibrosis involving your pancreas and what that happens is then you don’t produce enough enzymes and you don’t absorb fat, vitamins and other nutrients that is necessary for you to grow,” says ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have been awarded a £300,000 Development Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to explore whether stem cell derived islet cell transplants could offer a ...