Cystic fibrosis care is changing quickly — with better treatments, longer lives, and new tools like telehealth. This is pushing us to rethink what high quality, individualized care should look like.
Supportive therapy, like medications to help open the airways and heal infections, can help you live a healthier life and meet many of the challenges of this inherited respiratory condition. Share on ...
Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...
After false starts and incremental gains, scientists crack the problem that made breathing impossible. Will answers come fast ...
Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung function diminishes steadily over time. Today, ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Percent-predicted FEV 1, sweat chloride and safety were analyzed in two phase ...
A 24-week phase 3 trial has found that once-daily vanzacaftor-tezacaftor-deutivacaftor is generally safe and well tolerated in children with cystic fibrosis aged 6-11 years. The treatment maintains ...
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 ...
Atypical cystic fibrosis is a mild form of cystic fibrosis. People with this type of cystic fibrosis can experience symptoms that come and go or that are less severe than those people with classic ...