AN INSIGHTFUL session on the future of lung transplantation presented at this year’s European Respiratory Society (ERS) ...

July 10, 2024 — Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung function diminishes steadily ...

In 2020, life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis was just 36. A new drug available on the NHS may be about to change ...

The following is a summary of “Clinical epidemiology and impact of Haemophilus influenzae airway infections in adults with ...

Gene-editing therapies—techniques that modify DNA to treat or prevent disease—have the potential to transform the field of ...

Hannah Gryder has struggled with breathing problems her whole life. She couldn’t run or even laugh without coughing up mucus.

Lung transplantation stands as a critical option for patients suffering from end-stage diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and cystic fibrosis ...

From birth jockey Harry Coffey has battled cystic fibrosis, a disease that wreaks havoc on the lungs. On Saturday he not only ...

New drugs for the lung disease are allowing people to live much longer with the condition, which historically was often fatal ...

Patients with cystic fibrosis experience significant bone mineral density loss at a younger age than those without the disease.

Imagine trying to settle into a new home while constantly being attacked. That's what the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Did you get the flu last winter? If so, you were one of at least 34 million people in the United States who got sick during ...