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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: Electronic Nose Offers Easy, Accurate Test for CF in Children, Pilot Study Finds 7 Ways to Cherish Your Quality of Life Researchers Find Way to Improve Antibiotics’ Efficacy Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Electronic Nose Offers Easy, Accurate Test for CF in Children, Pilot Study Finds Sep 19, 2018 07:00 am | Ana Pena A new electronic nose, called Aeonose, was seen to be a feasible, accurate and easy-to-use diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis (CF) in children and adolescents, a small pilot study shows. The research “Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of an electronic nose in children with asthma and cystic fibrosis” was published in the Journal of Breath Research. […] The post Electronic Nose Offers Easy, Accurate Test for CF in Children, Pilot Study Findsappeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More 7 Ways to Cherish Your Quality of Life Sep 18, 2018 09:00 am | Brad Dell Friends. Today, my message is simple. Your quality of life matters. Quality of life is integral to physical health Inevitably, you will face trials that require quality of life sacrifices for survival. “Sacrifice” is a carefully chosen word, in the way one might sacrifice a legion to win a battle. It isn’t an easy decision, […] The post 7 Ways to Cherish Your Quality of Life appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Researchers Find Way to Improve Antibiotics’ Efficacy Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sep 18, 2018 07:00 am | Vijaya Iyer Blocking superoxide dismutase, the enzyme that responds to stress, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria improves antibiotics’ efficacy, a Canadian study reported. The study, “Superoxide dismutase activity confers (p)ppGpp-mediated antibiotic tolerance to stationary-phase Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). “We identified a new function important to antibiotic tolerance, which could be targeted to […] The post Researchers Find Way to Improve Antibiotics’ Efficacy Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More   Recent News Vertex and Treating CF: High Hopes for Triple Combinations and Gene Therapy Possibilities 3 Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis Stories Orkambi Eases Flares Even in CF Patients Slow to Show Improvement in Lung Health, Trial Data Show Mutations Linked to Severe CF Seen to Affect Health of Heart’s Left Ventricle in Study The Claire Wineland Message I Hope We Never Forget