The liver is often called a "silent organ," as it can sustain significant damage without obvious symptoms. But when injury is prolonged, whether from alcohol, poor diet, or chronic hepatitis virus ...

Kristen Welker sits down with Cystic Fibrosis advocate Pete Proimos whose Filotimo Foundation is helping people with the ...

Jen Weber, who lives with cystic fibrosis, and Jessica Lawson discuss the upcoming Indianapolis Great Strides walk to raise ...

Cystic fibrosis is among the most common, known and studied genetic diseases. It affects over 100,000 people worldwide and reduces life expectancy mainly as it causes lung and respiratory problems.

The coughing is so violent, so thunder sharp, that Dr. Mike Welsh, hears the deep, wet claps through the exam room’s closed wooden door and well down the hallway. Their echo reverberates, the force of ...

Billy O’Toole will celebrate a milestone birthday on the May bank holiday weekend. He’ll be 40 years old. A big birthday by any standards (though not as important as his niece’s coinciding 18 th ...

NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason and his son, Gunnar, were thrust into the spotlight in 1993 when Gunnar was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, then a little-known disease that was viewed as a fatal ...

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The scientific imperative to identify drugs that could repair mutant CFTR presented a formidable challenge. Small molecules that specifically bound and repaired a defective CFTR peptide fold were ...

As an undergraduate student in the early 1980s, Marie Egan volunteered at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She’d often spend time in the hospital playrooms with children with serious illnesses ...

July 1 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX.O), opens new tab said on Tuesday its next-generation cystic fibrosis treatment has won European Union approval for a rare and progressive genetic ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects numerous systems of the body. It is a complicated disease that differs from person to person. An autosomal recessive disorder ...