Article: Simple Sugar May Prevent Lung Infections in CF Patients.(cystic fibrosis )

Article: Researchers: Sugar aids cystic-fibrosis patients
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 11, 2000 ;     481 words ... ... leading cause of death in cystic fibrosis patients. "This intervention ... medical affairs at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which funded ... the lungs is too high in cystic fibrosis patients. The salt concentration causes their bodies ...

Article: Natural Antibiotic Found in Lungs' Fluid; Substance Is Clue to ...
The Washington Post;  February 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... might help explain why people with cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease, are vulnerable ... Pseudomonas, a major cause of infections in cystic fibrosis patients. But when the fluid lining ... in salt -- as it is in people with cystic fibrosis -- the antibiotic is inactivated ...

Encyclopedia entry: cystic fibrosis
World Encyclopedia;      289 words ...cystic fibrosis Hereditary glandular disease in which the body produces abnormally ... There is a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, an abnormally high salt concentration in the sweat and a general failure to gain weight. The disease ...

Article: Cystic Fibrosis: Everything You Need to Know
Journal of the National Medical Association;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Cystic Fibrosis: Everything You Need to Know Edited ... 1-55297-7 40-4; 190 pages Cystic fibrosis is the most common autosomal recessive ... caused by a genetic mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator ...

Article: Cystic fibrosis in the Brazilian population: DF508 ...
Human Biology;  August 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... 19) closely linked to the cystic fibrosis gene. The DNA came from 193 ... Brazilian families affected by cystic fibrosis and living in five different ... exists among the non-DF508 cystic fibrosis alleles occurring in different ...

Article: Cystic Fibrosis - a Pipeline Full of Hope.
Gene Therapy Weekly;  April 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... researchandmarkets.com/research/66c29a/cystic_fibrosis) has announced the addition of the "Cystic Fibrosis - A Pipeline Full of Hope" report ... also Research and Markets). With cystic fibrosis patients still dying prematurely and ...

Article: Cystic Fibrosis - A Pipeline Full of Hope.
M2 Presswire;  April 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... April 2009-Research and Markets: Cystic Fibrosis - A Pipeline Full of Hope(C)1994 ... researchandmarkets.com/research/053bdf/cystic_fibrosis) has announced the addition of the "Cystic Fibrosis - A Pipeline Full of Hope" report ...