Diet and exercise interventions fail to affect microbiome in CF study

Neither exercise nor nutritional interventions were found to affect the microbial population — typically an underlying cause of lung function decline and disease progression in cystic fibrosis (CF) — in the lung and gut of people with CF, a study in Germany shows. That microbial population remained stable despite…

Viral Infections in Young CF Patients Linked to Disease Pathogens and Flares in Study

In a new study, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center found that viral infections were associated with pulmonary exacerbations in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). They also theorized that viruses might impact the respiratory microbiome, leading to the worsening of clinical outcomes during flares. Results of the study, “…