If your child has cystic fibrosis, chances are you have some concerns about school fitness activities like physical education classes or school sports teams. Even though some people with CF have trouble breathing and tire easily, exercise can be especially important.
Site Search
Drugs that target the underlying defect in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (
When there is more than one person with CF in your school, it is essential that they be kept a minimum of 6 feet (2 meters) apart from each other. Germs can spread as far as 6 feet through droplets released in the air when people cough or sneeze.
A virtual program for current and recent college students who want to continue building new leadership, advocacy, and fundraising skills to make a difference on their campuses and beyond.
As children with cystic fibrosis transition toward greater independence at school and at home, they will also take greater responsibility in managing their disease.
Estamos buscando tratamientos potenciales para las personas con FQ que tienen mutaciones raras y sin sentido. Es posible que no aprovechen de los moduladores, que corrigen la proteína reguladora de la conductancia transmembrana de la fibrosis quística (CFTR, por sus siglas en inglés) que funciona mal.
Theratyping matches therapies, or medications, to specific types of mutations. The primary goal of theratyping is to identify which mutations respond to certain CFTR modulators, thereby helping people with rare CFTR mutations gain access to already approved modulators quickly and safely.