Researchers have developed a simple urine test to measure the severity of the serious disease cystic fibrosis and assess the effect of new treatments. Researchers have developed a simple urine test to ...

Genetic testing plays an important role in cystic fibrosis screening and diagnosis. It can help determine if a person has cystic fibrosis or carries gene mutations that cause it. Other tests can also ...

An easy-to-administer electrolyte test could offer new insight into response to treatment and disease progression for patients with cystic fibrosis. In a new study, researchers found that urine ...

Peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) measurement was a feasible, noninvasive method for assessing nasal airflow obstruction in children with cystic fibrosis and correlated significantly with nasal ...

The advent of highly efficacious therapies against cystic fibrosis is a stunning achievement. Although short of a cure, the use of drugs to restore the function of the faulty protein that causes the ...

Typically, Cystic Fibrosis isn't diagnosed until a child starts to show symptoms. However, with newborn testing, more could be done to treat the disease early– before it becomes life threatening.

There are many new drugs to treat cystic fibrosis, but non-white patients are far less likely to receive the latest precision medicines, accord to a new study. These drugs were approved by the U.S.

Several cutting-edge treatments have become available in recent years to correct the debilitating chronic lung congestion associated with cystic fibrosis. While the new drugs are life-changing for ...

A bright yellow spice common in curry might hold a key to treating deadly cystic fibrosis. Eating large doses of a substance found in the spice turmeric significantly cut deaths among mice with the ...

Digene Corp., which makes a screening test for cervical cancer, said yesterday that it had struck a deal with a Texas biotech company to sell a genetic test for identifying carriers of cystic fibrosis ...