Tools and Resources

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation supports the development of a number of helpful tools and resources to assist the research community in accelerating the progress toward new scientific knowledge of and new therapies for cystic fibrosis.

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Antimicrobial Tools and Resources

Access to antimicrobial tools can aid researchers in the discovery of new anti-infective treatments for cystic fibrosis.

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    Cell Model Resources

    Cell models have been critical to enhancing our understanding of the physiological, biochemical, and genetic mechanisms underlying cystic fibrosis and to developing therapeutic strategies. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation provides funding and support to make several cell model systems available to researchers.

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    CFTR Assays

    Various assays for measuring CFTR ion channel activity, as well as its stability in the membrane, can be used for basic research and drug discovery efforts.

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    CF Foundation Biorepository

    Cystic fibrosis biological samples are available to qualified researchers to help develop promising new studies that will support CF research and aid in drug development and drug discovery.

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    Patient Registry Data Requests

    The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry contains data since 1986 to track the health of people with CF in the United States.

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    CFTR Antibodies Distribution Program

    The CFTR Antibodies Distribution Program works to streamline access to reagents specific for the detection of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) expression.

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    CFTR Chemical Compound Program

    The goal of the CFTR Chemical Compound program is to enable cystic fibrosis research scientists to test known cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulating compounds in different functional assays.

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    CFTR Protein Domains

    Knowledge of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein structure will contribute toward the understanding of CFTR function and CF biology, the mechanisms of action for CF drugs, and provide additional insight toward new drug discovery through structure-based drug design.

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    Bioinformatics Tools for CF

    The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation provides bioinformatics tools to help researchers understand the signaling pathways of cystic fibrosis and identify new drug targets and biomarkers.

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