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Here's what you need to know about the four CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) modulators.
Researchers are exploring treatments that will keep people with cystic fibrosis as healthy as possible until a cure is found. In the first plenary at the NACFC, two CF scientists explain the progress of current research.
Positive results from a study of ivacaftor (Kalydeco®) in children ages 1 to 2 were announced today.
For those of us without a medication that targets our cystic fibrosis mutation, it's important to remember that our life with CF is a marathon.
When your life is already jam-packed with nebulizing medications, why would you add one more?
The New England Journal of Medicine, the world's most influential and widely read medical periodical, features a study this week about a Phase 2 clinical trial of VX-770, an oral drug in development that targets the root cause of cystic fibrosis.