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Make-A-Wish and the Seattle Sounders Offer 18-year-old Cystic Fibrosis Patient an Experience as Professional Soccer Player

Xander Bailey is a 18-year-old cystic fibrosis patient who accomplished his dream last weekend thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The teen was added to the Seattle Sounders soccer team’s lineup and even started a friendly match against Tottenham Hotspur. The Make-A-Wish recipient from Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia was given…

Researchers Find Sugar Agent Protects Cells Against CF Superbug Threat Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

A team of research scientists at the University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) at Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the University of Geneva, and the University of Grenoble report that they have succeeded in preventing the hospital-acquired bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a pathogen particularly dangerous to persons with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), from…