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As part of its Path to a Cure initiative, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced three new awards to fund research projects that seek to advance the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). The largest award, of up to $2.6 million, was given to Eloxx Pharmaceuticals to aid in the…

The legacy of Mallory Smith, who died nearly four years ago from a cystic fibrosis-related superbug infection in her lungs, is living on in the form of raising awareness and funds for a novel treatment called phage therapy that might have saved her life.  Bacteriophages, or simply phages,…

Patients in the U.S. with cystic fibrosis (CF) and advanced lung disease are less likely to receive a lung transplant and twice as likely to die before having transplant surgery than their counterparts in Canada, a new study finds. Moreover, the difference was more pronounced…

Sildenafil improves how muscles work when patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) exercise and this translates into better exercise capacity, a new study suggests. The study, “Exercise intolerance in cystic fibrosis: importance of skeletal muscle,” was published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports &…

Children in the U.S. with cystic fibrosis (CF) tend to have better lung function than young people with the disease in the U.K., a new study has found, with researchers saying the disparity is likely due to differences in treatment between the two countries. In the U.S., children are more…

Regulatory agencies in the European Union and in the U.K agreed to consider expanding the use of Kaftrio (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor), in combination with Kalydeco (ivacaftor), to children with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have at least one F508del mutation starting at age 6. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the U.K.’s Medicines…

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has made a $32 million purchase from Concert Pharmaceuticals related to future milestones from the 2017 agreement when Vertex purchased Concert’s investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF), VX-561. According to Roger Tung, PhD, Concert’s president and CEO, the purchase will help Concert as it continues…

SpliSense has raised $28.5 million in funding to advance its antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) platform for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) caused by certain rare mutations, and of other genetic lung diseases. ASOs are molecules designed to target the messenger RNA (mRNA), the intermediate molecule derived from DNA that guides protein production. Money…

A new biomaterial made up of nanoparticles showed a potential to improve — by up to 100,000 times — the efficiency of tobramycin, an antibiotic used to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Tobramycin, carried within a nanostructured material, completely eradicated P. aeruginosa infection in a…

Vitamin D intoxication may occur in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) due to accidental errors made by pharmacists in preparing prescriptions, a study has found. Indeed, some 13 patients in the study were taking a dose of vitamin D that was nearly 70 times higher than the prescribed one,…