Breathing disorders are common in the U.S. with conditions like COPD affecting some 7% of the population and asthma affecting another 10%. Digestive conditions like GERD, acid reflux, Celiac disease ...

Transgenic ferret models ratted out how a rare cell type affects airway function. To determine whether these CFTR-rich cells are the lung’s airway traffic controllers, Engelhardt’s team developed ...

University of Iowa researchers are one step closer to understanding how cystic fibrosis causes lung disease. The findings, published online last week in the journal Science Translational Medicine, ...

A team of researchers studying the protein that, when defective or absent, causes cystic fibrosis (CF) has made an important discovery about how that protein is normally controlled and under what ...

WICHITA, Kans. (KSNW) — Cystic fibrosis causes persistent lung infections, limiting the ability to breathe over time. Only about 30,000 people in the U.S. have the genetic disease. According to the ...

Researchers and their partners have discovered a slimy strategy used by bacteria to defeat antibiotics and other drugs used to combat infections afflicting people with cystic fibrosis. University of ...

A multi-institute consortium study reports single-cell transcriptomics data that compares cells lining the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients undergoing transplantation for terminal lung disease ...

Cystic fibrosis is a chronic genetic condition that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in your lungs. This often leads to frequent respiratory infections and gastrointestinal (GI) problems. If you ...

A Rhinelander family is navigating treatment, and learning what their sons future looks like, after his Cystic Fibrosis ...