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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: Nitric Oxide Shows Positive Signs in Clearing Hard-to-treat Mycobacterium Lung Infections in CF Work, Motherhood, and CF: Can You Have It All? AffloVest Giveaways Helping to Support CF and Legacy Foundation, International Biophysics Says Nitric Oxide Shows Positive Signs in Clearing Hard-to-treat Mycobacterium Lung Infections in CF May 31, 2019 07:00 am | Patricia Inacio, PhD Inhalation of nitric oxide as an add-on therapy may help reduce the burden of serious bacterial lung infections, namely the hard-to-treat Mycobacterium abscessus, in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, AIT Therapeutics announced. The study with that finding, “Pilot study to test inhaled nitric oxide in cystic fibrosis patients with refractory Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection,” was published in […] The post Nitric Oxide Shows Positive Signs in Clearing Hard-to-treat Mycobacterium Lung Infections in CF appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Work, Motherhood, and CF: Can You Have It All? May 30, 2019 09:00 am | Elly Aylwin-Foster I’ve been invited by Dr. Susan Madge to speak at the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and CF Europe Community Afternoon in June. Dr. Madge, director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, will be chairing a conversation on the topic of getting older with CF. It got me thinking about […] The post Work, Motherhood, and CF: Can You Have It All? appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More AffloVest Giveaways Helping to Support CF and Legacy Foundation, International Biophysics Says May 30, 2019 07:00 am | Vijaya Iyer International Biophysics, the maker of AffloVest, announced that it is continuing to support people with cystic fibrosis and efforts to raise awareness about this disease, donating 50 of its airway clearance therapy vests to be distributed across the U.S. AffloVests are being given away, one in each state, under the Texas-based company’s partnership with the Colton […] The post AffloVest Giveaways Helping to Support CF and Legacy Foundation, International Biophysics Says appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More   Recent News ABBV-2222 Partially Corrects CFTR Function in CF Patients, Phase 2 Trials Show 31 Days of CF: Erin’s Story AzurRx Reaches Enrollment Goal in Trial of Therapy for CF Patients with EPI Agency Unveils RaDaR to Help Patient Groups Develop Rare Disease Registries Kalydeco’s Safety and Benefits Maintained Long-term in 2-to-5-year-olds with CF, Phase 3 Trial Shows