Cystic fibrosis affects many parts of the body, but its effects on the lungs can be especially harmful. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic and progressive condition that causes the mucus in your lungs to be ...

Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated disease that differs from person to person. An autosomal recessive disorder ...

Alyftrek (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor) is a combination medicine approved by the FDA in 2024. Alyftrek is approved to treat people ages 6 and older who have ...

Protein clustering mechanism on the cell membrane presents a new therapeutic target for cystic fibrosis. A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reveals the process underlying ...

Maren Denison, third-year student at the University of Iowa, was in sixth grade when she found out her lung function had dropped to 60 percent as half of her lung had collapsed and was scarred shut.

Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung function diminishes steadily over time. Today, ...

They call it the Purge. You have experienced, in a modest way, something like it in the waning days of a bad cold, when your lungs finally expel their accumulated gunk. The rattle in your chest quiets ...

Breathing disorders are common in the U.S. with conditions like COPD affecting some 7% of the population and asthma affecting another 10%. Digestive conditions like GERD, acid reflux, Celiac disease ...