A MIRACLE pill that makes many signs of cystic fibrosis (CF) disappear has been approved in a boost for thousands of UK ...

One reason for that is that around 2,000 mutations in the CFTR gene can lead to CF, a disease caused by an imbalance in chloride and sodium ions in the body that results in thick, sticky mucus ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by defects in the CFTR gene, which causes a buildup of thick sticky mucus in the lungs and digestive system. It causes lung infections and gradually affects the ...

However, such tools are often administered through inhalation and struggle to cross the thick, sticky mucus on their way to the cells ... For this, they used a mouse line that carries a mutation in ...

both copies of the CFTR gene contain variants that prevent the channel from working correctly. The principal problem this causes, and the root of the symptoms in CF, is that the mucus that is ...

Researchers introduced functional porosomes into the plasma membrane of CFTR mutant cells to demonstrate that porosome reconstitution normalizes mucus secretion more than twice as effective than ...

July 7, 2023 — The mucus in the airways is not as sticky, inflammation in the lungs significantly reduced: Triple combination therapy can achieve these positive, lasting effects in patients with ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ triple combination cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by defects in the CFTR gene, which causes a buildup of thick sticky mucus in the lungs and digestive system. It causes lung infections and gradually affects the ...

Vertex Pharma receives CHMP positive opinion for label expansion of Kaftrio in combination with ivacaftor: London Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 14:00 Hrs [IST] Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a ...