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Cool Synchrotron Device Advancing Cystic Fibrosis Research

The CLS Synchrotron — Wikipedia Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada working with the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron have developed a new imaging technique that reveals a heretofore unknown immune system component of the in the lungs — a discovery that could…

FDA Clears Westmed’s Vibralung Acoustical Percussor For CF, Other Respiratory Diseases

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance to Westmed’s Vibralung Acoustical Percussor. The device was produced by the medical device manufacturing company to treat not only patients with respiratory diseases, but also other conditions and diseases that feature an increase in mucus production, secretion infection and inspissation, and defects…