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Prenatal therapy for cystic fibrosis improves lifelong health outcomes

This Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) is highlighting a growing shift in care: starting cystic fibrosis treatment before birth to...

Surviving cystic fibrosis: a double lung transplant journey

I was eight months old when I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a genetic illness that slowly damages the lungs and can affect digestion and other organs. My parents quickly lear...

Surviving cystic fibrosis: a double lung transplant journey

I was eight months old when I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a genetic illness that slowly damages the lungs and can affect digestion and other organs. My parents quickly lear...

Surviving cystic fibrosis: a double lung transplant journey

I was eight months old when I was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a genetic illness that slowly damages the lungs and can affect digestion and other organs. My parents quickly lear...

Early lung damage mapped in children with cystic fibrosis

Researchers have mapped how lung damage begins early in life for children with cystic fibrosis, providing new insights that will help reshape future care. The research team, led by...

Tu1665 GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY EFFECTS OF THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS CORRECTOR DRUG TEZACAFTOR (VX-661)

Cystic fibrosis therapies significantly reduce the need for pediatric lung transplants

Pediatric lung transplant specialist Christian Benden, MD, described the future for children who need lung transplants: fewer operations overall, but more complex patients and moun...

Cystic fibrosis not holding back University of Illinois coach

May is cystic fibrosis (CF) awareness month.  One person’s diagnosis hasn’t slowed her down in the world of agriculture. Central Illinois native Elli Burris had a passion for anima...

Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor Safe, Effective in Preschoolers: Study

In a landmark advancement for cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment, a recent Italian multicentre study has provided novel insights into the real-world application of lumacaftor-ivacaftor...

CRISPR Base Editing Repairs Hard-to-Treat Cystic Fibrosis Mutation in Cell Models

By applying base editing, scientists repaired a cystic fibrosis mutation that is unresponsive to current drugs in cell and organoid models, pointing to a possible treatment for som...

Cystic Fibrosis Trust Impact Report 2026

UK research spend (2025): £1-15 million  Type of impact: Knowledge creation (publications); tools and methods (biorepository, tool kits); dissemination (engagement activities)...