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Research | About the CF Foundation | Our Research Approach CF Foundation Awards Up to $2.17 Million to Beyond Air® to Develop Portable NTM Treatment

Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced that it has awarded up to $2.17 million to Beyond Air® to support the development of a portable inhaled nitric oxide treatment for nontuberculous mycobacteria, difficult-to-treat bacteria that infect the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis.

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Research | About the CF Foundation | Our Research Approach CF Foundation Has Awarded Up to $3M to Kinnear Pharmaceuticals for Anti-Infective

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded up to $3 million to Kinnear Pharmaceuticals to conduct preclinical testing of a broad-spectrum anti-infective that has the potential to treat multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas and other infections in people with cystic fibrosis.

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Research | About the CF Foundation | Our Research Approach Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Announces Nine Research Agreements to Advance Its Path to a Cure

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced a new set of research agreements to drive progress on its Path to a Cure. The nine awards will advance a variety of tools and strategies to accelerate treatments for the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for all people with CF, regardless of their mutations.

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About the CF Foundation | Our Research Approach CF Foundation Awards $2.76 Million for 11 COVID-19 Studies

Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation awarded $2.76 million for 11 laboratory studies that will advance our understanding of the underlying factors that impact COVID-19 outcomes in people with cystic fibrosis. Ultimately, insights gained from this body of research may be used to improve future treatments.

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Our Research Approach | About the CF Foundation CF Foundation Awards up to $3.75M to Matinas BioPharma to Develop Oral Version of Antibiotic for NTM Infections

Potential oral formulation of drug targeting nontuberculous mycobacteria infections could reduce side effects of current treatment 

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Research | About the CF Foundation | Our Research Approach CF Foundation Awards up to $2.4M for a New Approach to Reduce Infections

Potential treatment from Calithera Biosciences minimizes growth of germs in the lungs

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Research | About the CF Foundation | Clinical Trials | Our Research Approach CF Foundation Announces up to $5M Award to Support First-Ever Controlled Clinical Study of Phage Therapy in Cystic Fibrosis

Study reaffirms the Foundation's commitment to advance solutions to the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance and evaluate the use of phage to treat infections for people with CF

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About the CF Foundation | Our Research Approach | Research Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Launches $500 Million Path to a Cure

Nonprofit issues challenge to accelerate treatments for every person with CF

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About the CF Foundation | Drug Pipeline | Our Research Approach Genzyme and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Announce Collaboration to Discover New CF Drugs

New Effort Will Search for Potential Therapies Targeting the Most Common Mutation of Cystic Fibrosis

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