According to a story from the Toronto Sun, the Canadian Agency for Drug and Technologies in Health (CADTH) recently announced that it would not be recommending the funding of the…
In order to improve the lives of patients for any illness, we all know research is an essential step. We also know that the most accurate research is derived from…
According to a story from Mirror, a group of seven women who met each other through online support groups recently met in person for the first time. The women in…
With technologies like CRISPR, it is possible to imagine a world where genetic diseases fade into obscurity. Gene editing technologies may not have reached their potential yet, but many people…
According to a story from the Irish Times, Orla Tinsley was on the precipice of death before she received her lung transplant to treat her cystic fibrosis. She had to…
According to a story from pm360online.com, the biopharmaceutical company Insmed Incorporated recently announced that the data from its Phase 3 clinical trial of amikacin liposome inhalation suspension (ALIS). ALIS was…
The rare disease advocacy community is mourning the loss of a wonderful voice, Claire Wineland, who passed away Monday after her battle with Cystic Fibrosis. Claire suffered a stroke on Aug…
Melody Alsaker is a researcher at Gonzaga with a passion for math. Not just any math though. The numbers and concepts Alsaker works with could be the kind that develops…
Several organisations are collaborating to develop a gene therapy that targets cystic fibrosis. Boehringer Ingelheim, Imperial Innovations, Oxford BioMedica, and the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium will work…
According to a story from CheckOrphan, Durhane Wong-Rieger, the CEO of the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders, says that the Canadian health system has been letting down the roughly three…
According to a story from Science Alert, the human body is a grand and complex natural structure. While it is easy to think of the body as a single entity,…
Orkambi, a medication used to treat cystic fibrosis (CF), has improved the lives of some CF patients since approval last year. CF causes thick mucus that leads to difficulty breathing. …
According to a story from BioSpace, an announcement from the biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for ORKAMBI, the…
According to a story by Mirror, the Rare Disease Centre at Birmingham Children’s Hospital is set to begin operations after a massive donation by readers of The Star Appeal. Readers…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the company Mologic Ltd recently announced that its clinical trial to test HeadsUp, its urine-based diagnostic tool, is starting. The clinical trial will specifically…
According to a story from Global News, direct-to-consumer genetic tests are becoming increasingly popular. These tests can be used to learn new info about your ancient ancestors, closer relatives, and,…
The Children’s Hospital Colorado has announced that it will part in a Phase 3 clinical trial for an experimental new cystic fibrosis therapy. The full article can be found at…
Researchers have been studying an experimental treatment for cystic fibrosis that is thought to be effective regardless of a patient's genetics. The research is still in the early stages, but…
According to a story from BioPortfolio, the biotechnology company Vertex Pharamceuticals, Inc. recently announced that the long term use of its innovative cystic fibrosis treatment Orkambi will be covered in…
According to a story from IRB Barcelona, a recent conference has brought together researchers from around the world that are dedicated to the study of the cell cycle and two…
According to Bloomberg, there’s a new big fish in the medical technology pond. Crispr Therapeutics AG jumped in value, multiplied by six, and landed at $3 billion. How is that…
Precision medicine, also known as personalized medication, is now surfacing more than ever, but could not have happened without the years of research and billions of dollars in funding to…
According to a story from news-medical.net, a recent study has revealed that an ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could help patients with cystic fibrosis. The study was conducted by researchers…
The Young family from Oregon, U.S. have used genetic screening to test their embryos for a variation of the BRCA gene that significantly increases the risk of breast cancer, reports…
A new treatment for cystic fibrosis has received a lot of media attention in the UK after the National Health Service (NHS) chose not to fund it due to its…
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