Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update

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CF Foundation Awards $700K to Support Work into Treatments for B. cepacia Infections

Jan 22, 2020 07:00 am | Marisa Wexler MS

The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation awarded a nearly $700,000 contract to Calibr, the drug discovery and development arm of Scripps Research, to support projects aiming to identify compounds that could treat infections caused by Burkholderia cepacia complex. The contract will provide funding for two years, and is valued at $692,000, according to a press release from the […]
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Help Us Improve Our Site!

Jan 21, 2020 02:13 pm | Matthew Lafleur

We are always trying to provide a better, more relevant website to meet the needs of our readers. The best way to do that is to hear from people like you. We’ve partnered with Think Company, a research and design firm, to schedule one-one-one phone interviews with patients and caregivers starting the week of January […]
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Enterprise’s ETX001 Targeting Chloride Channel Shows Promise for CF in Preclinical Studies

Jan 21, 2020 07:00 am | Marta Figueiredo

Enterprise Therapeutics‘ experimental compound called ETX001 was able to increase airway fluid secretion and mucus clearance in preclinical models of cystic fibrosis (CF), a study reports. ETX001 is a potentiator of a chloride channel called TMEM16A. Because TMEM16A’s production and function are independent of CFTR — the protein that is deficient in CF patients — the […]
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I Keep Forgetting CF Is Invisible

Jan 20, 2020 03:00 pm | Wendy Caroline

I often hear, “CF does not define me.” However, while cystic fibrosis (CF) does not define me, it is a part of me. It has helped shape who I am as a person. So, it does define me. It defines me in the same way that being a musician defines me or my love of […]
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