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Cystic Fibrosis Weekly Update Contents: Transplant Anniversaries Acknowledge Trauma and Triumph Trikafta’s Arrival in Canada Could Cut CF Deaths by 15% Over 10 Years, Study Suggests Proteostasis Therapeutics Merges With Yumanity Therapeutics Transplant Anniversaries Acknowledge Trauma and Triumph Aug 28, 2020 09:00 am | Lara Govendo Transplant anniversaries are hard for me. And they’re wonderful. They’re sad, then great again. Up, down, and all around seems to be the cycle of my emotions. These anniversaries affect my body, too. It’s as if I’m reliving the days leading up to my transplant all over again. I turned three years old on Aug. […] The post Transplant Anniversaries Acknowledge Trauma and Triumph appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Trikafta’s Arrival in Canada Could Cut CF Deaths by 15% Over 10 Years, Study Suggests Aug 28, 2020 07:00 am | Joana Carvalho, PhD If Trikafta — Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ next-generation triple combination cystic fibrosis (CF) therapy — were to be available in Canada next year, the median age of CF patients could rise by 9.2 years and the number of deaths drop by 15% over the next 1o years, a forecast study reported. However, if arrival of this elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and […] The post Trikafta’s Arrival in Canada Could Cut CF Deaths by 15% Over 10 Years, Study Suggests appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Proteostasis Therapeutics Merges With Yumanity Therapeutics Aug 27, 2020 07:00 am | Joana Carvalho, PhD Proteostasis Therapeutics (PTI) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Yumanity Therapeutics to leverage their common expertise about protein misfolding to advance the development of disease-modifying therapies for several disorders. The merger should be complete before the end of the year. The combined company will operate under the name Yumanity Therapeutics, Inc. PTI, which is developing […] The post Proteostasis Therapeutics Merges With Yumanity Therapeutics appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Read More Recent News CF Foundation Awards Nearly $15 Million to Groups Researching Infections and CF A New Way to Hurt: Are You ‘Healthist’? Xperiome Platform Aims to Streamline Searches for Rare Diseases, Gain Patient Input Muscles of CF Youth Consume Oxygen Faster Than Peers, Affecting Exercise Vertex Triple Combo, Kaftrio, Approved for CF Patients in EU With F508del Mutation