People with cystic fibrosis born between 2018 and 2022 are predicted to live to an average age of 56, and it’s predicted that over half of people with cystic fibrosis born in 2021 will reach the ...

It causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections. An estimated one child in every 3,600 born in Canada has cystic fibrosis.

Pigs are the best model for studying cystic fibrosis, but are difficult to work with because they are delicate and sick animals, Ianowski said. “This work could only be done here.

Health Lung-targeted CRISPR therapy offers hope for cystic fibrosis Gene therapies for cystic fibrosis have previously struggled to reach the faulty lung cells, but a new approach has succeeded in ...

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease of the mucus and sweat glands. Unlike in healthy lungs, where mucus protects the airways, people with CF have mucus that becomes thick and sticky.

Colleen Kohse had a double lung transplant when Canada did not offer the procedure for cystic fibrosis patients. Remarkably, she lived almost 30 years after the surgery and her life inspired ...

Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetic disorders, causing thick mucus build-up in the lungs and other parts of the body, breathing problems, and infection. A three-drug cocktail known ...

The risk of pulmonary NTM infections and water-quality constituents among persons with cystic fibrosis in the United States, 2010–2019. Environmental Epidemiology, 2023; 7 (5): e266 DOI: 10.1097 ...