Cystic Fibrosis Genetics: First Structural Map of Cystic Fibrosis Protein

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First structural map of the cystic fibrosis protein sheds light on how mutations cause disease. This article highlights this recent […]

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Rare Disease Patient Advocacy Summit

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Later this week, Jeanne Barnett will be attending the fifth annual RARE Patient Advocacy Summit run by Global Genes in […]

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CRISPR Finds Mutated DNA and Is Okayed for Clinical Trial

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Since 2003, when we first started saving all our messages here at CysticFibrosis.com, Cystic Fibrosis genetics and our mutations have […]

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DNA ‘cages’ deliver drugs with zap of light

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Very interesting article relating to drug delivery via ‘dna cages’. Getting drugs to go just where you want them inside […]

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When a Bad Animal Model is Good: Cystic Fibrosis

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A “good” animal model is one that has the same symptoms of a disease that we do, right? Not always. […]

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SuperHero DNA

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Study finds individuals immune to severe diseases. A new study has found that certain people’s genes have evolved in such […]

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Cystic Fibrosis testing: Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) publishes up-to-date information about cystic fibrosis testing on its Genetic and Rare Disease Information […]

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How cystic fibrosis promotes lung infections

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From the NIH At a Glance Scientists discovered how cystic fibrosis raises the risk for lung infections. The findings also […]

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Trial results of Ivacaftor in Cystic Fibrosis children ages 2-5

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Results are out from a two part study involving children ages 2-5 with at least one gating mutation trying Ivacaftor […]

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Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9

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This video explains how research in genome editing may help treat genetic diseases like CF in the future.

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