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Breathing For Better Lung Health
April 15, 2007 — While working to find novel ways to treat the life-threatening disease of cystic fibrosis, researchers have discovered that the rhythmic motion of the lungs during normal breathing is a critical ... > full story -
Technology Reveals 'Lock And Key' Proteins Behind Diseases
April 12, 2007 — A new technology is revealing biochemical processes responsible for diseases such as cystic fibrosis and could one day pave the way for pharmaceutical ... > full story -
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New Clues To Gene Expression In Cystic Fibrosis
March 29, 2007 — Genetics tests could help provide cystic fibrosis patients with targeted treatment in future, pilot study authors suggest. Results from a French clinical trial show how a small percentage of CF ... > full story -
Trojan Horse Strategy Defeats Drug-Resistant Bacteria
March 16, 2007 — A new antimicrobial approach can kill bacteria in laboratory experiments and eliminate life-threatening infections in mice by interfering with a key bacterial nutrient, according to research led by a ... > full story -
Gallium: A New Antibacterial Agent?
March 15, 2007 — New antibacterial strategies are needed because more and more bacteria are antibiotic resistant and because antibiotics are not effective at eradicating chronic bacterial infections. In a new study, ... > full story -
Why Only Some Cystic Fibrosis Patients Respond To Treatments That Prevent The Generation Of Truncated Proteins
February 8, 2007 — Individuals with the genetic lung disorder cystic fibrosis (CF) lack any functional CFTR protein because their genes that encode this protein carry a mutation. One mutation (the W1282X mutation) that ... > full story -
Filamins Tether Cystic Fibrosis Protein To Cell Surface
January 18, 2007 — Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in a gene that encodes a protein known as CFTR. More than 1000 different disease-causing mutations in CFTR have been identified, and although the overall ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Immune Defense May Be Impaired In Cystic Fibrosis Airways
November 30, 2006 — A recent University of Iowa study reveals a new immune defense mechanism in normal airways and may help explain why people with cystic fibrosis are particularly susceptible to bacterial lung ... > full story -
Molecule That Causes Destructive Lung Inflammation Identified In Cystic Fibrosis Patients
November 6, 2006 — Scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a protein that is critical to the development of inflammation during lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis. The ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Proteins Associated With Cystic Fibrosis
November 3, 2006 — Researchers have found a highly unusual distribution of proteins in the lungs and airways of people with cystic fibrosis. The discovery is preliminary, but intriguing: Finding out more about the ... > full story
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