Risk of Hearing Loss from IV Aminoglycosides in Cystic Fibrosis
Cumulative exposure to IV tobramycin and amikacin, which are critical for treating cystic fibrosis infections, increases the risk of hearing […]
Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis: Vertex Acquires Concert’s CFTR Potentiator CTP-656
Vertex Pharmaceuticals recently purchased the Phase 2 cystic fibrosis potentiator drug CTP-656 from Concert Pharmaceuticals. The deal is estimated to […]
Does Ivacaftor Affect Lung Bacteria in Cystic Fibrosis?
Ivacaftor has been shown to increase CFTR activity and lung function in people with Cystic Fibrosis and the G551D mutation, […]
Pulmozyme May Extend Lives of People Without Cystic Fibrosis
Pulmozyme might be able to extend the lives of people who don’t have CF according to a recent article in […]
A Day with Portable Genomics for Cystic Fibrosis management
Using the Portable Genomics App CFtechnology and Portable Genomics are proud to create a partnership using a new, […]
Miracle Flights: free medically-related air travel for ill patients, including for Cystic Fibrosis treatment
Struggling to cover the cost of air travel to receive your medical care? Miracle Flights assists patients through free commercial […]
CFTR Function and Cigarette Smoke
Scientists are looking at how the CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator) potentiator, Ivacaftor, might be used in COPD, specifically […]
(Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes) First FDA approved artificial pancreas and other 2016 Digital health highlights
The “What We Learnt in Digital Health in 2016” article (by Bertalan Meskó, MD, PhD) takes a look at the […]
Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor longer trial on Heterozygous F508del Cystic Fibrosis Patients
At the end of November, the results of a clinical trial of Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor, also known as Orkambi, in CF patients […]
Think INSIDE the box for easier inhaled treatments – cystic fibrosis treatment
It’s taken me a long time, but I finally have a ‘system’ that has made inhaled treatments easier to keep […]