Nine cystic fibrosis care centers were awarded the 2013 - 2014 Cystic Fibrosis Quality Care Award for outstanding service to people with CF and their families at the 28th annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Atlanta.
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At this year's 28th North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, the CF Foundation's first Mary M. Kontos Care Champion Award was presented to two exemplary nurse coordinators.
As a mother of two children with cystic fibrosis, I am glad to hear that the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is launching the Infection Research Initiative to address the chronic infections that dramatically impact the lives of people with CF.
The video of the second plenary at this year's North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference was focused on lung transplantation and is now available to watch online. Having had a lung transplant and as one of the people with CF featured in the video, this particular session had a personal meaning for me.
This year, theratyping, the process of matching medications with mutations, enabled more people with cystic fibrosis who have rare mutations to benefit from modulators. In the first plenary at the NACFC, we heard more about how theratyping will be used, as well as other future advances coming in CF treatment.
Register for the 2017 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) live-streamed sessions and get access to insight about many aspects of CF.
At the 2016 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) held on Oct. 27-29 in Orlando, Fla., the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced the recipients of seven awards given to members of the research and medical community whose achievements have helped advance cystic fibrosis research and care.
At the 2015 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) held on Oct. 8-10 in Phoenix, Arizona, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced the recipients of seven awards given to members of the research and medical community whose achievements have helped advance cystic fibrosis research and care.
Today, more than 4,000 cystic fibrosis research scientists, clinicians and caregivers are gathering in Phoenix for the 29th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC) in the largest collaborative forum of its kind.