Because cystic fibrosis affects multiple organ systems, including the lungs and digestive system, people with the condition often need care from a team of healthcare professionals. Cystic fibrosis ...

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Gunnar Esiason isn't like most hockey players -- his ability to complete a shift often depended on how his cystic fibrosis was affecting him that day. Throughout his journey with CF, hockey became ...

As Vertex Pharmaceuticals reels from a painful trial readout for its pain candidate suzetrigine, the Boston biotech has chalked up a win in its specialty area of cystic fibrosis. The FDA has ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common type of pulmonary fibrosis. It is a disease that causes scarring (fibrosis) of the lungs. The word "idiopathic" means it has no known cause.

While the underlying etiologies are varied, the common physio-pathological process is characterized by vasodilation, exudation, leukocytes infiltration, cell damage, and fibrosis. Cardiovascular ...

All experimental protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and performed in accordance with the National Institutes of ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease where there is scarring of the lungs—called fibrosis—which makes it difficult to breathe. This is because the scarring causes the tissues in the lungs to get thick and ...