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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: I’m No Longer Resisting a Rest Drying Does Not Clear Nebulizers of NTM Bacteria, Study Finds Biofilm ‘Channels’ May Offer Better Way of Treating CF Bacterial Infections I’m No Longer Resisting a Rest Jun 26, 2020 09:00 am | Lara Govendo Earn your rest. Earn self-care. Earn taking care of yourself. The list is endless for the unrealistic standards forced on us by society. The United States is driven by an obsession with productivity levels. Taking days off is portrayed as weak, a lack of trying, and laziness. Where is the balance? And where do those […] The post I’m No Longer Resisting a Rest appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Drying Does Not Clear Nebulizers of NTM Bacteria, Study Finds Jun 26, 2020 07:00 am | Marisa Wexler MS Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), a type of infectious bacteria, is able to survive being dried for a full day, a study found, suggesting that drying is not a sufficient way to disinfect nebulizers used by people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The study, “Susceptibility of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex to drying: Implications for nebulizer hygiene in patients […] The post Drying Does Not Clear Nebulizers of NTM Bacteria, Study Finds appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Biofilm ‘Channels’ May Offer Better Way of Treating CF Bacterial Infections Jun 25, 2020 07:00 am | David Melamed, PhD A potential way of killing persistent bacterial infections like those common to people with cystic fibrosis (CF) — using nutrient channels that may exist within bacterial communities to carry antibiotics — is suggested by a research team at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Their study, “Intra-colony channels in E. coli function as a nutrient […] The post Biofilm ‘Channels’ May Offer Better Way of Treating CF Bacterial Infections appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More   Recent News Healthy Volunteers Do Well in AR-501 Trial for Chronic Lung Infections Cystic Fibrosis and Herpes Are Not the Same Thing Renovion Raises $8.1M to Advance Lung Inflammation, Mucus Treatment Alexion Charitable Foundation Giving $1.1M to Assist Rare Disease Community During Pandemic Eloxx Resumes Enrollment in Phase 2 Trial of ELX-02 in Europe, Israel