Over the past three decades, meaningful progress has been made in the research and understanding of cystic fibrosis (CF). 1 ...
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator has been studied for years but the new efforts have yielded important insights. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and ...
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for VX ...
For roughly one in ten people living with cystic fibrosis, the drugs that have transformed survival for most CF patients are ...
Sionna Therapeutics, Inc. has announced the presentation of promising preclinical data at the 48th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Milan, showing that its nucleotide-binding domain 1 (NBD1) ...
Genetic testing plays an important role in cystic fibrosis screening and diagnosis. It can help determine if a person has cystic fibrosis or carries gene mutations that cause it. Other tests can also ...
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal ...
The FDA approved a once-daily oral combination of vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor (Alyftrek) for cystic fibrosis (CF) in adults and children 6 years and up ...