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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: Manuka Honey Could Be Used to Treat CF Lung Infection P. Aeruginosa, Study Suggests Screwed Over Expectations, Pura Vida, and a New Normal Phage Therapy May Help Resolve Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas Airway Infections, Case Report Suggests Manuka Honey Could Be Used to Treat CF Lung Infection P. Aeruginosa, Study Suggests Jun 05, 2019 07:00 am | Alberto Molano Manuka honey, produced from the nectar of a flowering plant native to Australia and New Zealand, showed significant anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa activity in an experimental model of lung infection designed to closely replicate the pulmonary environment of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The results were reported in the study “Anti-pseudomonad Activity of Manuka Honey and Antibiotics in a […] The post Manuka Honey Could Be Used to Treat CF Lung Infection P. Aeruginosa, Study Suggests appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Screwed Over Expectations, Pura Vida, and a New Normal Jun 04, 2019 09:00 am | Brad Dell I was fully deaf, too weak to walk across my living room (I couldn’t reach my upstairs bedroom anymore), constantly coughing and vomiting, soaked in sweat and wheezing, too anxious to face friends, under my parents’ 24/7 supervision, without a job other than occasional editing for a local magazine, forgetting what I was saying mid-sentence, […] The post Screwed Over Expectations, Pura Vida, and a New Normal appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Phage Therapy May Help Resolve Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas Airway Infections, Case Report Suggests Jun 04, 2019 07:00 am | Ana Pena Armata Pharmaceuticals‘ investigational phage therapy AP-PA01 combined with antibiotics holds promise for treating multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas airway infections, updated data from a case study show. A young woman with cystic fibrosis (CF) was successfully treated for a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia using AP-PA01 and antibiotics. At 100 days after the treatment, the woman remained free of […] The post Phage Therapy May Help Resolve Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas Airway Infections, Case Report Suggests appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More   Recent News I’m Learning to Prioritize My Mental Health While Working Full-time Vertex Plans to Seek Approval of VX-445 Triple Combo in US and Europe I Rely on Self-help to Treat My Health Paranoia 31 Days of CF: Holly’s Story Nitric Oxide Shows Positive Signs in Clearing Hard-to-treat Mycobacterium Lung Infections in CF