Your body constantly renews your bone tissue in a process called bone turnover or bone remodeling. This process involves resorption (breaking down bone) and then reforming it. In people with cystic ...

People with CF may undergo multiple medical procedures to manage lung infections, digestive issues, and other complications. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition that leads to the production of ...

Cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder, affects lungs and other organs. It causes thick mucus buildup. Researchers have ...

Yale researchers have identified a possible driver of the persistent inflammation that causes irreversible lung damage in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that impairs breathing and ...

Two mutated alleles of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene result in the autosomal recessive ...

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and elevated blood eosinophil counts had significantly increased respiratory symptoms compared to those with lower eosinophil counts, based on data from 109 ...

Alyftrek (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor) is a combination medicine approved by the FDA in 2024. Alyftrek is approved to treat people ages 6 and older who have ...

Protein folding diseases, from Alzheimer's to Gaucher's, may one day be treated by a unique class of protein corrector molecules that are already helping manage cystic fibrosis. Protein misfolding is ...

Among pediatric and adult patients with cystic fibrosis, the average number of chronic respiratory therapies used fell after ...

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found they can dramatically improve survival of mice with cystic fibrosis through a partial bone marrow transplant. Their new study in the ...