Katie McCallum,  —

A recently published study proposes that viruses capable of infecting bacteria, called bacteriophages, may be responsible for accelerating the evolution and increasing the impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial species that causes chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.   ‘Temperate phages both mediate and drive…

Researchers at the University of Iowa have uncovered a link between the dysfunction of cystic fibrosis protein CFTR and airway smooth muscle (ASM) abnormalities — two common pathologies of the chronic lung disorder cystic fibrosis (CF). The study, “Acute administration of ivacaftor to people with cystic fibrosis and a…