Scientists in battle to beat CF killer bug

Evening News - Scotland;  May 20, 1999 ;     305 words ......of onion rot -emerged as a threat to CF patients in the 1980s. Doctors often have to separate CF patients who have become infected with B.cepacia...infection, it kills about a third of CF patients who become infected. Now the university...

No home run yet with cystic fibrosis therapies.(News)

Pediatric News;  October 1, 2006 ;     620 words ......is present in most cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, but it is not yet known whether this...and interleukin (IL)-8 production in CF patients. Intravenous antibiotic therapy has...arginase levels, which are elevated in CF patients and thought to contribute to low airway...

Aerovance Announces Data Presentations on AER-002 at 18th Annual North...

PR Newswire;  October 15, 2004 ;     665 words ......prove to be a potent new therapy for CF patients, said Rick Fuller, M.D., Chief Medical...address significant medical issues for CF patients and we are excited to continue our preclinical...benefits that AER-002 may provide to CF patients such as regulation of salt levels believed...

Scandipharm Eases Financial Burden for Newly-Diagnosed CF Patient.

PR Newswire;  October 19, 1998 ;     601 words ......provide at no cost certain medications for CF patients under two years of age. Company President...Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Families of CF patients experience tremendous emotional strain...multivitamin supplement, to newly-diagnosed CF patients in the U.S. under two years of age...

Mpex Pharmaceuticals Presents New Data on MP-376 in Cystic Fibrosis.

PR Newswire;  October 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......pharmacokinetic (PK) study performed in 40 CF patients with stable disease at 11 U.S. clinical sites...pathogen that is a leading cause of morbidity in CF patients. The great majority of CF patients over the age of 18 are chronically infected...

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs) in the CF population: one...

Pediatric Nursing;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......exhaled volume in 1-second (FEV1) in CF patients was 73.5% of predicted, and the median...Sa). However, as time goes on, most CF patients become colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa...45.3% of all organisms cultured from CF patients and Pa accounted for 58.4% (CFF, 2001...

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in adult patients with cystic...

British Journal of Biomedical Science;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......patients with CF. Typically, 80-95% of CF patients will succumb to respiratory failure...patients. With improved survival rates in CF patients has come a new range of pulmonary issues...increasing regularity in the sputum of CF patients. A recent study of 12 CF centres noted...

Potential Utility of Plasma Fatty Acid Analysis in the Diagnosis of Cystic...

Clinical Chemistry;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......analyze fatty acids in plasma from 13 CF patients and 11 controls without CF. We then...calculations most effective in identifying CF patients. Part 2 of the study was a blinded analysis of 10 CF patients and 9 controls to directly test the...

CF: maxi-mutations make mini-diseases. (cystic fibrosis)

Science News;  October 20, 1990 ;     530 words ......helps ions cross cell membranes. Most CF patients lack three DNA subunits in the gene...repeated lung infections that leave few CF patients surviving their 30s. In the latest work...Baltimore and his colleagues identified two CF patients with nonsense mutations, which appear...

SciClone Reports Breakthrough Preclinical Discovery involving CPX at...

PR Newswire;  October 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ......by the most common genetic defect in CF patients -- abnormal trafficking and impaired...multi-center Phase 1 clinical study in CF patients receiving CPX, an orally administered...the most common genetic mutation in CF patients. Trafficking refers to the ability of...

Vic: Head of new CF centres hopes it will become obsolete

AAP General News (Australia);  June 16, 2002 ;     321 words ......treatment centre for adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients hopes the $2.2 million facility will soon...specialised services for about 230 adult CF patients. Treatment for adult CF patients is a relatively new area of health care because...

Influence of Pancreatic Status and Sex on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid...

Clinical Chemistry;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......acid composition in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. We investigated the influence of pancreatic...methyl esters by use of GC-MS in 124 CF patients and 80 age-matched healthy controls...acid concentrations was observed in CF patients independently of pancreatic status...

College swimmer cystic fibrosis with overcoming the odds.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 24, 1998 ;     682 words ......airways and cause thickening of the lungs. CF patients also lack the enzymes necessary to take...Recently, research has suggested that CF patients who lead an active lifestyle can improve...advice: ``Don't put limits on them (CF patients) in terms of anything they want to do...

Pain, coping, and disability in adolescents and young adults with cystic...

Pediatric Nursing;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......study was a cross-sectional survey of CF patients. Recruitment efforts focused on informing...for the future of pain management in CF patients. ********** Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is...complications. However. pain experienced by CF patients is one important complication that has...

Tobacco trial to resume

Charleston Gazette;  January 16, 2001 ;     338 words ......annual medical monitoring of healthy smokers could lead to lifesaving early...spirometric tests should be done on healthy smokers every year, starting at age...quitting is the only thing healthy smokers can do to live longer.