viernes, 27 de septiembre de 2019

Cystic Fibrosis News Today Weekly Digest

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AzurRx BioPharma Announces Promising Results from Trial Testing MS1819 for EPI in CF Patients

Sep 27, 2019 07:00 am | Marisa Wexler MS



MS1819The investigational therapy MS1819 showed positive safety results in a Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), AzurRx BioPharma announced. In people with CF, EPI can occur when mucus builds up and blocks the ducts of the pancreas. This can prevent important enzymes from getting […]
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NORD 2019 Rare Disease Summit Set for Oct. 21-22 in Washington, DC

Sep 26, 2019 09:30 am | Larry Luxner



NORD summitNext month’s annual conference of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) in Washington, D.C., couldn’t come at a better time, says Marshall Summar, MD, chairman of NORD’s board of directors. “The pace of discovery in rare diseases has gone from brisk to hypersonic,” Summar told BioNews Services, publisher of this website, by phone from […]
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FAQs About Cystic Fibrosis

Sep 26, 2019 08:23 am | Emily Malcolm



LCI for CFCystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive, inherited disease characterized by the buildup of thick, sticky mucus that can damage many of the body’s organs. It causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time. Patients are usually diagnosed by the age of 1, often leaving their families with many unanswered questions about […]
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Professor Launches Research Initiative to Encourage Students to Develop and Test Antibiotics for CF Infections

Sep 26, 2019 07:00 am | Joana Carvalho, MSc



Kristen Mudrack, PhD, a chemistry professor at Milligan College in Tennessee, has launched a research initiative to encourage college students to produce and test antibiotics that target and destroy Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria highly resistant to antibiotics that often causes lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). She will discuss the project and her […]
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