Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update

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Antabio Awarded $4.4M for Continued Research for P. aeruginosa Lung Infection Therapy

Jan 08, 2020 07:00 am | Vanessa Pataia

Biopharmaceutical company Antabio has been awarded $4.4 million by CARB-X to continue its research for a therapy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The funding will be used to support Antabio’s Pseudomonas Elastase Inhibitor (PEi) program, which is seeking to develop a small molecule to stop the action of the […]
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I Want to Quit the Internet

Jan 07, 2020 03:00 pm | Bailey Vincent

I want to quit the internet. This is something I think about a lot. The more I share, the more I want nothing to do with it at all. Although I’m not on the YouTubes or the Facebooks, I continue to write on Instagram, in columns, and in print. I’ve been a writer for as […]
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Side Effects Leave Me Salvaging Social Shards

Jan 07, 2020 09:00 am | Brad Dell

Since August, I’ve been irritable, in hermit mode (distressing for an extrovert!), a little depressed and unfulfilled, and having difficulty sleeping. Plus, I’ve been urinating about seven times nightly, which sounds funny but is a special kind of torture. Leading up to 2020, people shared diaries on Reddit tracking for an entire year whether each […]
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Don’t Overlook Importance of Sleep Hygiene, CF Experts Advise

Jan 07, 2020 07:00 am | Larry Luxner

People with cystic fibrosis (CF), like their healthy counterparts, often neglect sleep. But that can lead to problems down the road, warned three CF experts at the 2019 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Nashville. More than half of all CF patients have sleep complaints, said pulmonologist Eliot Katz, MD, of Boston Children’s Hospital. These […]
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A Few Words for Those I Let Down in 2019

Jan 06, 2020 03:00 pm | Wendy Caroline

It’s a new year. For many, that means a fresh start. A chance to clear your mind and move past burdens you wish to leave behind. I have never really been into this concept, for no particular reason. However, 2019 was easily the hardest year of my life. Cystic fibrosis was getting the best of […]
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