On Aug. 27, leaders from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, along with several people from the CF community, participated in a virtual public meeting hosted by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to provide insights and expertise on the value of CFTR modulators.
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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.
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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.