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AbbVie welcomes undergraduate and graduate students with cystic fibrosis (CF) to apply for the 2016 AbbVie CF Scholarship, awarding $3,000 for education-related expenses. Applications will be accepted until May 27 and are available online at www.AbbVieCFScholarship.com. The CF community in the U.S. includes approximately 30,000 children and adults, and about half…

Galapagos NV recently announced the start of a Phase 1 clinical trial to address the safety and tolerability of its potentiator candidate, GLPG2451, to treat cystic fibrosis (CF). CF is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene that lead to an abnormal transport of chloride across cell membranes, resulting in defective hydration of…

Newborn screening programs for cystic fibrosis (CF) are in wide use, but recent improvements in readily available therapies for young children have raised the question of whether such screening is still of benefit. In the study, “The benefits of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: The Canadian experience,” published in…

According to the study “The Role of Computed Tomography in Monitoring Patients with Cystic Fibrosis” published in the Polish Journal of Radiology, computed tomography (CT), an imaging technique that is commonly used for the evaluation of cystic fibrosis (CF) in individual patients, can play a critical…