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GEn1E Lifesciences has added to its development pipeline an investigational non-antibiotic, antibacterial agent for treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The company established an exclusive option agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to license patent rights over the MUC1-ecto-domain (MUC1-ED) compound, currently…

A protein toxin called Tse7 is used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to kill neighboring bacteria, and may help explain why lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients are often dominated by a single P. aeruginosa strain, a new study reports. The research, “The Pseudomonas aeruginosa T6SS-VgrG1b spike is topped by…

Rice University researchers are using a virus that infects moths and magnetic nanoparticles to develop a new vehicle for the delivery of CRISPR/Cas9, a genome-editing tool, with high efficiency and tissue specificity in vivo. CRISPR/Cas9 has gained attention as a potential tool to correct genetic defects linked to diseases…

The European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) as a treatment for children ages 2-5 with cystic fibrosis (CF) due to F508del mutations, Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced. CHMP’s positive opinion will be taken into consideration by the European Medicines Agency, which will…

A new test was able to assess various properties of the mucus that accumulates in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases, and may help to find treatments — or a combination of treatments — for CF patients that can make coughing a more viable way…

Ultrasound may predict liver disease in young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, according to the results of a clinical trial. Researchers compared liver patterns from young CF patients, and found that those with non-uniform patterns on ultrasound are more likely to develop liver scar tissue. Results from the the Cystic Fibrosis…

Antibacterial Avycaz (ceftazidime-avibactam) showed significant in vitro efficacy against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected from the sputum of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, according to a recent study. The study, “Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis demonstrates a high rate of susceptibility to ceftazidime–avibactam,” was…

Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with liver disease do not experience greater lung function decline compared with CF patients without liver presentation, a study reports. The study, “Analysis of a large cohort of cystic fibrosis patients with severe liver disease indicates lung function…

Ten of 19 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients given antibiotics to manage pulmonary exacerbations did not achieve high enough blood concentrations of the antibiotic to sustain a therapeutic effect, results of single-site study show. This failure may be contributing to the development of antibiotic-resistant pulmonary infections, and to a worsening of…

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who carry certain mutations in the HFE gene, which are also behind an iron overload disorder, have poorer lung function that declines faster and a higher risk of CF-related diabetes (CFRD) and intestinal blockage,…