Experts in cloning and stem cell science are reporting that five lung stem cell variants dominate the lungs of patients with advanced cystic fibrosis, and that these variants drive key aspects of CF ...

Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) and pulmonary fibrosis (PF) are two chronic conditions that damage the lungs. Treatment for both aims to improve breathing, manage symptoms, and prevent further lung damage. Your ...

Yale researchers have identified a possible driver of the persistent inflammation that causes irreversible lung damage in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that impairs breathing and ...

Two mutated alleles of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene result in the autosomal recessive ...

A scientific team has unlocked a new way to treat serious lung conditions by using specially designed nanoparticles to deliver genetic therapies straight to lung cells. This innovation could transform ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Many patients with advanced cystic fibrosis — an illness that causes thick mucus secretions — turn to lung transplants to improve their quality of life. But in taking that step, they ...

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who did not receive a lung transplant developed cardiovascular disease, kidney problems, and cancer at higher rates than those without CF. Those with CF who did ...

Using a virus to kill a bacterium may seem like going backward in medicine and harkens back to the early 20 th century when Julius Wagner-Juarreg used malaria to cure neurosyphilis (a feat that won ...