Inside the deadly disease confounding medicine, researchers piecing together clues and the breakthrough that meant survival ...

In a bar, a poet meets the man behind the drug that saved his life — discovering how science, faith and chance created a ...

Hear more about life before and after a remarkable discovery during a Q&A featuring subjects Dr. Mike Welsh, William O’Neal ...

Cystic fibrosis used to be a death sentence. A progressive genetic disorder, the disease slowly drowned patients’ lungs with thick, sticky mucus while destroying other vital organs in its holistically ...

Office was a generous word for the room in which Dr. Mike Welsh did lots of his research. Large closet fits better. Welsh was mostly alone, hunched over specialized microscopic equipment on a ...

Modulator pills transformed cystic fibrosis care. But the fight for a cure is not over — so long as research remains funded.

Haunted by the cystic fibrosis patients he could not help, one Iowa doctor commits his life to understanding what is broken deep inside their cells.

Patients aged 6 years and older with cystic fibrosis will be able to access the triple combination treatment vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor on NHS Scotland ...

Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that impacts organs including the lungs and pancreas. Almost 40,000 children and adults in the U.S. live with the disease, but thanks to advancements ...

Their rare-disease journey was thrust into the national spotlight in 1993 with an iconic Sports Illustrated cover featuring New York Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason and his young son Gunnar, who was ...

NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason and his son, Gunnar, were thrust into the spotlight in 1993 when Gunnar was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, then a little-known disease that was viewed as a fatal ...