Cystic fibrosis, or CF, is a lifelong genetic condition that affects how the body produces mucus, sweat, and digestive fluids. More than 100,000 people across 94 countries have been diagnosed with ...

Today, there is no effective way to treat liver fibrosis. In a new study, researchers from University of Southern Denmark present a new technology to investigate cellular processes as they change ...

Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have shown—for the first time—that established lung fibrosis can be reversed using a drug treatment that targets cell metabolism. This novel ...

Fibrosis occurs when permanent scar tissue forms during wound healing and can strike almost any of the body’s tissues and organs with devastating consequences. In fact, statistics show that it ...

Pulmonary fibrosis can possibly be attributed to a kind of cellular aging process, which is called senescence. This has been shown by researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, partner in the ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals advances pediatric cystic fibrosis updates as ALYFTREK and TRIKAFTA data support broader treatment ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A flaw in the system may be dangerous for people with Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is when a mutation creates mucus in the lungs, making it hard to breath. Thirty ...

Researchers have defined a new bodily process in mice that may explain why blood oxygen levels are lower for patients with cystic fibrosis when they get a lung infection. "Infected areas of the lung ...

The human liver carries out a wealth of vital functions through highly coordinated processes involving multiple cell types. However, when the liver is damaged by pharmaceuticals, cholestasis or ...