Personalized disease-in-a-dish can improve a pancreatitis patient's therapeutic path

Around 3 million people worldwide struggle with chronic pancreatitis, a condition in which the pancreas becomes inflamed, ...
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‘CFTR dysfunction may be a lot more common’ in healthy young adults

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sweat chloride values ranging from 30 mEq/L to 59 mEq/L were observed in “a surprisingly high proportion of ...
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Urine bicarbonate test offers new, safe quantification of CFTR function in cystic fibrosis patients

A study of 50 adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) has found that challenged urine bicarbonate excretion may offer a new, simple, and safe quantification of cystic fibrosis transmembrane ...
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Sionna Therapeutics Presents Preclinical Data on Novel CFTR Modulators at the 48th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Sionna Therapeutics, Inc. has announced the presentation of promising preclinical data at the 48th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Milan, showing that its nucleotide-binding domain 1 (NBD1) ...
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Why Heart Disease Is on the Radar With Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) impacts roughly 35,000 people in the United States. CF results in a mutated form of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), leading to dysfunction of a ...
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Study uncovers clues to cystic fibrosis gene dysfunction and gastrointestinal disease

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A new study by researchers at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, the pediatric division of Rhode Island Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, offers new insight into the role that ...