Fibrosis News

Charles Heup and his sister, Paula, and his sister, Paula, (front row, left are shown with their siblings in a family photo.

The annual Cystic Fibrosis Walk was held at the Crossings of Colonie Saturday to help raise funds to fight the disease that affects thousands worldwide.

As genetic scientists close in on a cure for cystic fibrosis, the Redbone celebrates its 25th anniversary of its founding.

Keystone Oaks students are building on the idea that art and music can help the healing process.

After her daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, Christine Hipgrabe decided she would walk in a fundraiser to fight the disease.

Erin McCaw has cystic fibrosis and is one of only a handful of people in Ottawa who can be helped by the drug Kalydeco, which has proved effective at fighting a certain type of the disease.

27 years later, Boman is busy making his own movies with a recently launched Kickstarter campaign for HYPERION, a film about cystic fibrosis.

THE successful battle to approve life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment should be a herald a new dawn for pharmaceutical drugs in Wales, an Assembly Member has said.

Every once in a while, you see a story that hits close to home or it touches your heart.

Cystic Fibrosis "CF" is caused by a defective gene that causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs, promotes life threatening infections, causes diabetes, infertility, and hinders normal breakdown of nutrition and nutritional absorption.

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A drug that could transform the lives of some cystic fibrosis sufferers will be available on the Welsh NHS after the health minister went against advisors.

A bake sale is planned from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in front of the Yoke's Fresh Market on Road 68 in Pasco to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on behalf of Team Nathan.

A Spring rite of passage throughout the region is the dance recital. For weeks on end, dancers of all ages perfect routines that are performed before adoring fans, family members and friends.

Cornerstone Therapeutics has acquired the U.S. rights to another cystic fibrosis drug that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Through the serendipity of science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections that uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells.

Drugs that could transform the lives of some Cystic Fibrosis sufferers should not be available on the Welsh NHS, Welsh government advisers have ruled.

Orla Jackman , left, of Tullow, Co Carlow and Leigha Coade , from Armagh, with Hollywood star Kevin Spacey in Washington DC HOLLYWOOD star Kevin Spacey has congratulated two young Irish volunteers as they were honoured on the world stage for their selfless work helping others.

The Maguire family of Lake Forest, whose 4-year-old daughter, Claire, has cystic fibrosis, is reaching out to the community to support "Team Claire for a Cure" in the annual Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk on May 19 at Gillson Park in Wilmette .