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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: I’m Thinking About the Future CFF Awards TB Alliance $5.1M to Develop Treatments for Multidrug-resistant NTM Infections CARSTAR Earns Fundraising Awards from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Nonprofit Group Works to Raise Rare Disease Awareness in India I’m Thinking About the Future Apr 26, 2019 09:00 am | Elizabeth Rogers Sometimes it seems as if everyone knows what they would do in your shoes, and they are happy to tell you so. “If I were you,” they might say, “I wouldn’t even bother with college. I’d just travel the world. College takes up too much time.” There’s nothing like the potential of a life-limiting illness […] The post I’m Thinking About the Future appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More CFF Awards TB Alliance $5.1M to Develop Treatments for Multidrug-resistant NTM Infections Apr 26, 2019 07:00 am | Santiago Gisler The not-for-profit organization TB Alliance will receive up to $5.1 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) to advance the discovery and development of treatments for multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). TB Alliance will partner with Johns Hopkins University over the next three years to find and test potential treatments for infections caused […] The post CFF Awards TB Alliance $5.1M to Develop Treatments for Multidrug-resistant NTM Infections appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More CARSTAR Earns Fundraising Awards from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Apr 25, 2019 08:18 am | Vijaya Iyer The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) recognized CARSTAR — the largest franchise network of auto body repair service in North America — as one of its National Corporate Champions of the year for raising more than $100,000 toward cystic fibrosis (CF) research and care. CARSTAR also received the Rising Star Award from CFF for its increased participation and […] The post CARSTAR Earns Fundraising Awards from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Nonprofit Group Works to Raise Rare Disease Awareness in India Apr 25, 2019 07:00 am | Larry Luxner With an estimated 1.37 billion inhabitants, India will likely surpass China in five years as the world’s most populous country. That also means it will have more rare-disease patients than any nation. It already has more than twice as many as the 28-member European Union. Harsha K. Rajasimha, a genomics data scientist from Bangalore, is […] The post Nonprofit Group Works to Raise Rare Disease Awareness in India appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More   Recent News Gene Editing In Utero May Prevent Fatal Lung Diseases After Birth, Mouse Study Suggests AmorChem, UdeS Team Up to Advance Research of Natural Antibiotic Against Infections Linked to CF We Must Pay Closer Attention to the Global CF Population AbbVie Opens Scholarship Applications for Students with Cystic Fibrosis Can We Take a Minute to Rest?