Toronto Scientist Wins Award for Work Into Alternative Way of Treating CF

Toronto Scientist Wins Award for Work Into Alternative Way of Treating CF

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Your Online Resource for the Latest CF News In the 10/14/2020 edition: Toronto Scientist Wins Award for Work Into Alternative Way of Treating CF If You’ve Lost Hope, Read This Toronto Scientist Wins Award for Work Into Alternative Way of Treating CF By Joana Carvalho, PhD on Oct 14, 2020 07:00 am Medicine by Design, which supports work in regenerative medicines, gave a 2020 New Ideas Awards to support a researcher exploring an alternative pathway to the CFTR protein as a possible treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF). The awardee, Amy Wong, PhD, works in developmental and stem cell biology at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto. […] The post Toronto Scientist Wins Award for Work Into Alternative Way of Treating CF appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Continue reading If You’ve Lost Hope, Read This By Brad Dell on Oct 13, 2020 09:00 am I should’ve died years ago, but I’m too damn competitive. A doctor said I’d cross my high school graduation stage in a wheelchair, toting supplemental oxygen. “Challenge accepted,” I thought. Weeks later, I walked with my head held high and unobstructed by oxygen tubing. When I lost my mind due to ICU delirium four years […] The post If You’ve Lost Hope, Read This appeared first on Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Continue reading Recent Articles: Trial of Oral CB-280 for Chronic Lung Infections in CF Enrolling Across US The ‘5-year Plan’ Is Not for the Chronically Ill Contemplating Our Identity Certain Factors Could Predict Severe Episodes of Coughing Up Blood in CF Patients, Study Says Roche Acquires TMEM16A Portfolio for CF Treatment