There are two great fears in a person’s young life: “The Talk” and the Boogeyman. The Transplant Talk…
Brad Dell
Brad Dell is Deaf and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 2 months old in 1993. He received a double-lung transplant from UC San Francisco in January 2017, then cochlear implants nine months later. He lives in Hawaii, where he was raised. Usually he’s traveling the world, chugging coffee, or devouring books. He also pastors Restoration Community Church and serves as the director of community content at BioNews, this site’s publisher.
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Articles by Brad Dell
James and Charles Dunlop had already done plenty for the cystic fibrosis community as the founders of Ambry Genetics. Their…
I was repulsed by my body. My arms were scarred and barren of muscle, thin as twigs.
Gaining weight can be just as difficult as maintaining lung function for many with cystic fibrosis. Most…
It’s interesting to see characters with cystic fibrosis in popular media — even if the disease isn’t always portrayed realistically.
10 Little-Known Weird Facts About Cystic Fibrosis
After several decades of research into cystic fibrosis, there’s a wealth of weird information out there about the disease, its…
I’ve seen videos of people with cystic fibrosis, messaged other patients on the internet, and knew some…
Cystic fibrosis researcher Joshua Stokell, Ph.D., left behind the most intensive sampling of a single CF patient — studies of…
I crawled into my closet and pulled out a dusty, battered Ultimate X-Men: Vol. 1. Sunray slivers…
Twenty-four years of living with cystic fibrosis allows for a plethora of learning lessons — mostly through…