Antibiotics fight infections caused by bacteria. They should not be used to treat infections caused by viruses (such as the flu) or types of fungi, which include yeasts and molds.
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CF Foundation's $1 Million Investment Helped Drug Known as Cayston® Become a Reality
New Effort Will Search for Potential Therapies Targeting the Most Common Mutation of Cystic Fibrosis
Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced that it has awarded up to $400,000 to Life Edit Therapeutics Inc. to explore the application of their unique gene editing technology in CF.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is awarding up to $15.9 million in additional funding to Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc. to expand clinical studies of ELX-02, a potential therapy for people with CF who have nonsense mutations.
Potential treatment from Calithera Biosciences minimizes growth of germs in the lungs
New modulators in development by the CF-specific company could provide unique treatment options for the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for many people with the disease
Proposed legislation has the potential to revitalize the global marketplace for novel antibiotics, bringing urgently needed medicines for drug-resistant infections to patients.
Study reaffirms the Foundation’s commitment to advance solutions to the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance
Investment will support discovery research of a novel Gene CodingTM approach that could benefit all people with CF regardless of their mutation