Cystic Fibrosis News - Week 39

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Hi all, here is a list of items I came across this week in the media on CF. I covered some of this in more detail in this weeks Newsletter which you either will received in your inbox or can access via our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/knowcf

A lot of these news items link to our facebook. That is because I have made an interpretation of the news, to save you time of not having to read the entire news source. All news sources are however linked via the Facebook page.


  • "What is Cystic Fibrosis?" - A spoken word peice by Morgan Grinstaff [Facebook]
  • BioFilms and their importance for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment [Facebook]
  • Important Vertex News and expected announcement at the NACFC [Facebook]
  • A new CF song call "I Lived" was just released by popular band OneRepublic [Facebook]
  • Jerry Cahill and Emily Schaller who just completing their 500 mile bicycle adventure, Bike to Breathe. [Facebook]
  • New drug Citramel targets biofilms bacteria use to build-up resistance to antibiotics. [Facebook]
  • It’s uncharted territory! A nice article reviewing advances in CF coordinated care, new challenges and new targeted therapies. [Facebook]
  • Tim Wotton's account of going through college [Facebook]
  • Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine [LAIV] (The Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine) is well tolerated among children with cystic fibrosis. [Facebook]
  • Insmed to Participate in Leerink Partners' Rare Disease Roundtable on October 1st http://t.co/sLJdGvNif5
  • ProQR and Vertex Pharma - recent news on stock price http://t.co/tYMFbWGK3L
  • The Lung Ranger - detect and quantify bacteria in mucous - developed by Students at Dundee University http://t.co/gHwIREGIMW

Make sure you also check our weekly newseltter which will be available on our facebook https://www.facebook.com/knowcf

- Chris Baldwin, PhD
CEO at CysticFibrosis.com
 
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