Researchers have mapped how lung damage begins early in life for children with cystic fibrosis, providing new insights that will help reshape future care. The research team, led by Murdoch Children's ...

Researchers have mapped how lung damage begins early in life for children with cystic fibrosis, providing new insights that will help reshape future care.

Experts in cloning and stem cell science are reporting that five lung stem cell variants dominate the lungs of patients with advanced cystic fibrosis, and that these variants drive key aspects of CF ...

Cystic fibrosis is a rare, genetic disease that affects the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs, requiring lifelong specialized care for the approximately 40,000 people living with it in the ...

Over the past three decades, meaningful progress has been made in the research and understanding of cystic fibrosis (CF). 1 While thousands of patients were able to benefit from t ...

Lung transplants are considered for individuals with end-stage cystic fibrosis when other treatments have failed to improve lung function and quality of life. However, lung transplants cannot cure ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a disease that people can be born with. While there is no cure, people with CF may live well into adulthood if they receive the appropriate treatment and medical monitoring.

Cystic fibrosis affects many parts of the body, but its effects on the lungs can be especially harmful. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic and progressive condition that causes the mucus in your lungs to be ...

Australian researchers have mapped how lung damage may begin early in life for children with cystic fibrosis, providing new insights that may help reshape future care.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A desperate fight for life for a young woman in Montgomery County. She needs a lung transplant but has been rejected by most hospitals. Follow the tubing to 22-year-old Jen ...