Michael Boyle, president and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Bethesda, Maryland. The disease impacts the lungs by clogging airways with sticky, thick mucus, which traps bacteria and other ...

Understand how the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) affects the GI system. Today, because of improved medical treatments and care, about 60% of people with CF are age 18 or ...

After realizing this, I became more involved with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and am currently serving on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Education Committee. The committee consists of various ...

CF affects every racial and ethnic group and is currently estimated to afflict more than 30,000 individuals in the United States and at least 100,000 people worldwide ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multi-organ disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in CFTR (which encodes the CF transmembrane conductance regulator ion channel). Cystic fibrosis related diabetes ...

Sophie Pierce will be the first person with cystic fibrosis to do just that, travelling from Lanzarote to Antigua. A historic achievement when you consider what she's been through and when ...

To donate to the fundraiser, head here. The Room to Improve special featuring the Julian Benson Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be broadcast this Sunday, January 26, on RTÉ One at 9.30pm ...

He went on to encourage fans to support Claire's Place Foundation, a non-profit providing financial and community support to children and families affected by cystic fibrosis, 'run by [Claire's ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis (also called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF) are both serious lifelong diseases that make it hard for you to breathe.

Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

Cardiac fibrosis plays an indispensable role in cardiac tissue homeostasis and repair ... This study was supported by the State Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China ...