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Researchers Find Effective, Cheap Treatment For Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
January 24, 2006 — Working half a world away from each other, two teams of medical scientists have identified what they believe is a simple, effective and inexpensive treatment to reduce lung problems associated with ... > full story -
Treatment Shows Long-Term Benefits For Cystic Fibrosis Patients
January 23, 2006 — New research suggests that inhaling hypertonic saline, a water-based concentrated salt solution, could provide long-term benefits for lung health in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Researchers ... > full story -
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Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Study Patients Show Less Lung Function Decline
January 1, 2006 — Although cystic fibrosis patients in clinical trials had more severe illness, worse lung function, a lower weight level, and more respiratory infection than non-participants, their involvement in ... > full story -
Little Evidence Behind Bronchodilator Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis
October 26, 2005 — Little evidence exists to support the widespread use of bronchodilators to treat children and adults with cystic fibrosis, according to a new systematic review of published ... > full story -
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Finds Possible Genetic Link To Pancreatic Cancer
October 21, 2005 — Mayo Clinic researchers have found the risk of developing pancreatic cancer at a young age (under 60) to be twice as high for people who carry a mutation of the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, ... > full story -
Breath Test Offers Hope For Early Detection Of Lung-Bacteria Growth In Cystic Fibrosis
October 19, 2005 — Breath-analysis testing may prove to be an effective, non-invasive method for detecting the damaging lung-bacteria growth seen in cystic fibrosis, which would allow for early stage treatments that ... > full story -
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Scientists Determine Structure Of Enzyme That Disrupts Bacterial Virulence
August 31, 2005 — A team of biomedical researchers from Brandeis University and the University of Texas at Austin has determined the first 3-dimensional structure of an enzyme that may be pivotal in preventing certain ... > full story -
Immune-System Cells May Promote Chronic Infections
June 3, 2005 — Cells sent to fight infections in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients actually enhance the development of permanent bacterial infections, according to new research. Infections with the bacteria ... > full story -
Research With Red Tide Toxin Yields Potential Therapies For Cystic Fibrosis
November 15, 2004 — Researchers working with Florida red tide discovered two new compounds that may treat mucus build-up associated with cystic fibrosis and similar lung diseases. Preliminary studies show these ... > full story -
Treatment For Pulmonary Fibrosis May Be Achieved By Blocking Cell Death In The Lung
September 3, 2004 — A research team at Yale has found that blocking a kind of cell death called apoptosis in fibrotic diseases of the lung, also blocks the fibrosis, opening new ways of looking at treatment for lung ... > full story
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