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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: IGF2R Blood Levels May Help Predict Antibiotic Response in CF Pulmonary Exacerbations, Study Says Temper Tantrums Aren’t on My To-do List Fear of Abandonment Has Driven My Life into the Ground Researchers Discover Stress Response Mechanism that Allows Pseudomonas Bacteria to Evade Antibiotics IGF2R Blood Levels May Help Predict Antibiotic Response in CF Pulmonary Exacerbations, Study Says Nov 27, 2019 07:00 am | Alejandra Viviescas PhD Measuring the levels of insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF2R) during the first days of treatment with intravenous antibiotics could help predict treatment response in cystic fibrosis patients experiencing pulmonary exacerbations, a study has found. The study, “Identification of novel blood biomarkers of treatment response in cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations by label-free quantitative proteomics,” was […] The post IGF2R Blood Levels May Help Predict Antibiotic Response in CF Pulmonary Exacerbations, Study Says appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Temper Tantrums Aren’t on My To-do List Nov 26, 2019 03:00 pm | Bailey Vincent Today I had a meltdown. I don’t like to think of myself as someone who has “meltdowns,” but lately they are happening more and more. It started logically; I was feeling the familiar pains of pseudo-pancreatitis — the pale-poop, swollen-belly, mystery nuisance — which usually means I can’t eat. It was supposed to be my […] The post Temper Tantrums Aren’t on My To-do List appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Fear of Abandonment Has Driven My Life into the Ground Nov 26, 2019 09:00 am | Brad Dell Six months ago, if I had been tied to a very uncomfortable chair and tortured for weeks while interrogators screamed, “What is your greatest fear?” the only things I could have come up with would have been maybe … centipedes. Or dying in a hospital bed. Or maybe that the next “Star Wars” film will […] The post Fear of Abandonment Has Driven My Life into the Ground appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Researchers Discover Stress Response Mechanism that Allows Pseudomonas Bacteria to Evade Antibiotics Nov 26, 2019 07:00 am | Joana Carvalho, MSc Researchers have discovered a stress response mechanism that allows Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacteria highly resistant to antibiotics that often causes lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), to evade the action of antibiotics and to survive. The findings were reported in a study, “PQS Produced by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Stress Response Repels Swarms Away […] The post Researchers Discover Stress Response Mechanism that Allows Pseudomonas Bacteria to Evade Antibiotics appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Recent News Low Birth Weight, Poor Weight Gain in First Year Predict Poor Growth in CF Infants, Study Shows French Authorities Approve Reimbursement of Orkambi for CF Patients 2 Years and Older NIH Grants $2.7M for Research on Anaerobic Bacteria’s Role in CF Flare-ups Attending This Year’s North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference Gave Me Hope CF-related Diabetes Affects Girls More Often and at Younger Age than Boys, European Study Shows