Cystic Fibrosis Genetics: First Structural Map of Cystic Fibrosis Protein
First structural map of the cystic fibrosis protein sheds light on how mutations cause disease. This article highlights this recent […]
Rare Disease Patient Advocacy Summit
Later this week, Jeanne Barnett will be attending the fifth annual RARE Patient Advocacy Summit run by Global Genes in […]
CRISPR Finds Mutated DNA and Is Okayed for Clinical Trial
Since 2003, when we first started saving all our messages here at CysticFibrosis.com, Cystic Fibrosis genetics and our mutations have […]
DNA ‘cages’ deliver drugs with zap of light
Very interesting article relating to drug delivery via ‘dna cages’. Getting drugs to go just where you want them inside […]
When a Bad Animal Model is Good: Cystic Fibrosis
A “good” animal model is one that has the same symptoms of a disease that we do, right? Not always. […]
SuperHero DNA
Study finds individuals immune to severe diseases. A new study has found that certain people’s genes have evolved in such […]
Cystic Fibrosis testing: Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) publishes up-to-date information about cystic fibrosis testing on its Genetic and Rare Disease Information […]
How cystic fibrosis promotes lung infections
From the NIH At a Glance Scientists discovered how cystic fibrosis raises the risk for lung infections. The findings also […]
Trial results of Ivacaftor in Cystic Fibrosis children ages 2-5
Results are out from a two part study involving children ages 2-5 with at least one gating mutation trying Ivacaftor […]
Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9
This video explains how research in genome editing may help treat genetic diseases like CF in the future.