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«New cystic fibrosis research takes aim at deadly pathogen.»
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«Unsuspected characteristics of new cystic fibrosis drugs found, offering potential paths to more effective therapies.»
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The families of two children with cystic fibrosis who need new lungs but were ineligible for adult organs have successfully used the courts and public opinion to get their daughter and son on the
ALBANY — The 26th Annual Stair Climb to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Northeastern New York will take place 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza.
Fundamental understanding of basic biology has set the stage for new treatments for cystic fibrosis
Rogers designed a new set of processes and techniques to develop the porcine model of cystic fibrosis, but he soon realized those processes could have a much wider impact.
«How bacteria survive in oxygen - poor environments: Discovery could inform development of new therapies for cystic fibrosis infections.»
People with an uncommon form of cystic fibrosis started gaining weight and were better able to breathe than their untreated counterparts after just two weeks on an experimental drug, according to a study published November 2 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Appearing alongside the heads of five of NIH's 27 institutes and centers, Collins instead offered examples of how NIH research has led to new drugs for cystic fibrosis and cancer treatments that help the immune system fight tumors.
A new study has found that stem cell therapy can reduce lung inflammation in an animal model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis.
The new research investigated the effectiveness of MSC therapy in a mouse model of chronic inflammatory lung disease, which reflects some of the essential features of diseases such as COPD and cystic fibrosis.
Like Gilead, which aims to develop treatments for HIV / AIDS, hepatitis B and C, influenza, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and cystic fibrosis, other top employers accentuate the positive aspects of the life science industry by performing their R&D in entirely new areas.
«Potential new treatments for Toxoplasma - induced pneumonia and cystic fibrosis.»
In lab experiments using tissue samples cultured from cystic fibrosis patients, scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Marsico Lung Institute have shown that a new CF drug counteracts the intended beneficial molecular effect of another CF drug.
New research has discovered a link between a vital pumping system that does not function correctly in people with cystic fibrosis and the parasite Toxoplasma.
«Protein structure could unlock new treatments for cystic fibrosis.»
Lisa Harris, of Dalton High School in New York City, won this year's top Siemens prize for individuals — a $ 100,000 college scholarship — for developing a new method to detect carriers of a gene responsible for cystic fibrosNew York City, won this year's top Siemens prize for individuals — a $ 100,000 college scholarship — for developing a new method to detect carriers of a gene responsible for cystic fibrosnew method to detect carriers of a gene responsible for cystic fibrosis.
Served up in a fresh new design, this issue explores flexible electronics that could change the shape of medicine, grassroots efforts to beat cystic fibrosis, and how Hollywood is going transhuman.
We hope this leads to the ability to design, study and test new therapies for every patient on their own cells in the lab, leading to new treatments and breakthroughs in personalized medicine for individuals with a variety of lung diseases, including cystic fibrosis,» explained lead author Katherine McCauley, a PhD student at BUSM.
Researchers have developed a new approach for growing and studying cells they hope one day will lead to curing lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis through «personalized medicine.»
Cystic fibrosis patient Els van der Heijden received a new drug combination based on organoid tests.
Vertex scientists and our collaborators are working on new medicines to cure or significantly advance the treatment of hepatitis C, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy and other life - threatening diseases.
A multi-drug resistant infection that can cause life - threatening illness in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and can spread from patient to patient has spread globally and is becoming increasingly virulent, according to new research published today in the journal Science.
When the gene for cystic fibrosis (CF) was discovered 25 years ago, hopes ran high that new treatments were just around the corner.
The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire, has led the development and implementation of new infection control policies to reduce the risk of transmission, now adopted across the UK and elsewhere.
New research has identified new molecules that could help in the fight to prevent diseases caused by faulty ion channels, such as cystic fibrosNew research has identified new molecules that could help in the fight to prevent diseases caused by faulty ion channels, such as cystic fibrosnew molecules that could help in the fight to prevent diseases caused by faulty ion channels, such as cystic fibrosis.
«New molecules identified that could help in the fight to prevent cystic fibrosis.»
Substances produced by a harmful bacterium in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients may enhance the growth of other bacteria that, in turn, inhibit the harmful bacterium's biofilm, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.
Substances produced by a harmful bacterium in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients may enhance the growth of other bacteria that, in turn, inhibit the harmful bacterium's biofilm, according to new research.
One early success story is cystic fibrosis: since the gene was identified in 1989, exceptional progress has been made in devising new experimental treatments, including gene therapy trials.
Said Flask, «In this initial paper, we validated our new methodology, opening the possibility for numerous follow - on application studies in cancer, genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes.»
The decision is expected to delay the provision of nine other new treatments and services by NHS England, including prosthetics for lower limb loss, hearing implants for children with auditory nerve problems, and drugs for some children with cystic fibrosis.
Alton says that the UK Cystic Fibrosis Trust, which had poured # 30 million into the research so far, told his team in late February that because donations are down, the charity can't fund the new trial.
Kalydeco is already helping hundreds of people, according to Robert Beall, president of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: «The drug opens new doors that may help us find therapies for everyone with this terrible disease.»
This «remarkable era» has been driven by concerted efforts to improve care, as well as strong leadership among health care professionals treating people with the disease, and resources from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, write David Stevens of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in New Hampshire and Bruce Marshall of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
New research comparing cystic fibrosis patients in the United States and Canada showed that, although the patients» nutritional status and lung function improved in both countries over the period from 1990 to 2013, the rate of improvement was faster in the United States.
Calling their compound a new therapeutic candidate for people with severe asthma and other chronic airway diseases, researchers say with additional research and development their discovery could lead to future clinical trials for asthma, Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
While we had previously found an effective treatment for those with the «celtic gene» this new combination treatment has the potential to help roughly half of those with cystic fibrosis, those who have two copies the F508DEL mutation.
«Potential new drug target for cystic fibrosis.»
«New imaging technique shows effectiveness of cystic fibrosis drug: Hyperpolarized helium MRI could aid in development of improved therapies for lung diseases.»
Researchers have identified two new biological markers of cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which affects children and young adults, leaving them with lifelong health complications including digestive problems and persistent lung infections.
Led by Dr. Samya Nasr, the U-M Cystic Fibrosis Center participates in numerous research studies investigating the latest treatments for CF, focusing on adherence, new therapies, and nutritional health.
However, thanks to screening and new treatments, people with cystic fibrosis can live into their 40s and longer.
The condition is more common than muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, but the development of new therapeutic concepts is hindered by the fact that unlike muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, where a single mutated gene causing the disease is known, the entire human chromosome 21 (containing around 300 genes) still has to be dissected into individual gene - dose contributions to the DS symptoms.
More and more scientists are using the powerful new gene - editing tool known as CRISPR / Cas9, a technology isolated from bacteria, that holds promise for new treatment of such genetic diseases as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy...
A new study shows that tumor suppressor PTEN helps fight lung infections when attached to a protein that is mutated in cystic fibrosis.
Research into lung disease has yielded many life - changing results, such as the development of new effective asthma treatment, the increased success of lung transplants, better treatments for cystic fibrosis, and proving the link between smoking and lung cancer.
New biological treatments using antibodies or antagonists against receptors or inflammatory enzyme inhibitors (e.g. CXCR2 antagonists, phosphodiesterase - 4 inhibitors, endothelin receptor antagonists and kinase inhibitors) to suppress inflammatory pathways in diseases such as asthma, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension.
If further progress is to be made then infants with cystic fibrosis or neuromuscular disease will require more attention with earlier intervention to improve the quality of life using new targeted biological approaches [17].
Using translational research methods, the DZL seeks to jointly develop new approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of serious lung diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), endstage lung disease, lung cancer, pneumonia and acute lung injury, and pulmonary hypertension.