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People with cystic fibrosis (CF) will be able to access the latest research findings about their condition, volunteer for clinical trials and influence the direction of future scientific studies through a new website being launched later this week.&n...

Since opening earlier this year, Brookfield Place has quickly become something of a food haven in the centre of the CBD.  With a plethora of bars, restaurants and cafes all in one complex it’s a wonder those who work in the city ever want to leave...

The expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in lymphocytes has been reported for nearly two decades; however, its physiological role remains elusive. Here, we report that co-culture of lymphocytes with lung epithelial...

A chemical from a marine sponge found in the South Pacific Ocean restores function in a defective protein that causes cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disease. pub-5799224524264318...

The composition of the gastrointestinal microbiome is increasingly recognized as a crucial contributor to immune and metabolic homeostasis-deficiencies in which are characteristic of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The murine model (CFTR (-/-) , CF),...

The human airway is a pretty inhospitable place for microbes. There are numerous immune defense mechanisms poised to kill or remove inhaled bacteria before they can cause problems. But cystic fibrosis (CF) disrupts these defenses, leaving patients...

Comparing the DNA from patients at the best and worst extremes of a health condition can reveal genes for resistance and susceptibility. This approach discovered rare variations in the DCTN4 gene among cystic fibrosis patients most prone to early,...

The human airway is a pretty inhospitable place for microbes. There are numerous immune defense mechanisms poised to kill or remove inhaled bacteria before they can cause problems. But cystic fibrosis (CF) disrupts these defenses, leaving patients...

Bacterial biofilms are far more resistant than individual bacteria to the armories of antibiotics we have devised to combat them. Now Tim Holm Jakobsen and Michael Givskov of the University of Copenhagen, and their many collaborators have pinpoint...

Researchers from the Respiratory Research Division of the Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have published a study which represents a major breakthrough in understanding why females with cystic fibrosis do worse t...

Given the rise in antibiotic resistance, nonantibiotic therapies are required for the treatment of infection. This is particularly true for the treatment of Pseudomonas infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. We have iden...

The Ohio State University researchers have determined that B. cenocepacia bacteria interfere with an important survival process in cells whose job is to fight infection. This phenomenon is even stronger in Cystic fibrosis  patients, so the in...

Self Diagnosis Of Medical Condition Bronchiectasis Bronchiectasis is a lung condition where the bronchi (airways leading to the lungs) are chronically dilated (expanded). This medical condition cannot be reversed but there are specific treatments aim...

The cystic fibrosis (CF) airway is now considered the site of a complex microbiota, where cross-talking between microbes and lateral gene transfer are believed to contribute to the adaptation of bacteria to this specific environment and to the emerge...

Environmental microbial communities and human microbiota represent a huge reservoir of mobilizable genes, the 'mobilome', including a pool of genes encoding antimicrobial resistance, the 'resistome'. Whole-genome sequencing of bacterial genomes from...

A groundbreaking gene therapy trial for cystic fibrosis will begin in March, thanks to a new grant from a government funding body. One hundred and thirty adults and children with CF will take part in the largest trial of its type yet, coordinated...

Pin it The time has come! Well, almost. We are moving in 1 day!  One day, I’m nervous, stressed out, and seriously excited. I get a full, new kitchen, a new neighborhood, a lot of new turf to cover & restaurants to try out. Unfortunately f...

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The researchers found new hope to help cure lung disease patients cystic fibrosis with drug discovery ivacaftor. As quoted by VOA News from the New England Journal of Medicine, the drug is believed to be able to balance between salt and water content...