CLEVELAND, Ohio — Many patients with advanced cystic fibrosis — an illness that causes thick mucus secretions — turn to lung transplants to improve their quality of life. But in taking that step, they ...

Yale researchers have identified a possible driver of the persistent inflammation that causes irreversible lung damage in patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that impairs breathing and ...

Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetic disorders, causing thick mucus build-up in the lungs and other parts of the body, breathing problems, and infection. Now, researchers have developed a ...

The development of gene editing tools, which enable the specific targeting and correction of mutations, hold the promise of allowing us to correct those mutations that cause genetic diseases. However, ...

For young people with cystic fibrosis, lung infection with Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, is common and is treated with antibiotics in the hope that this will prevent a decline in lung function. However ...

Lung nodules are small growths in your lungs, less than 30 millimeters in diameter. Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular growth ...

This is the thrilling moment that a cystic fibrosis patient learns that he’s been approved for a lung transplant operation. Last week, Kevin’s brother Mike Instagrammed a video of their mother telling ...

When Pete Proimos was born with cystic fibrosis, he was only expected to live to 18. Not only did Proimos - now in his 40s - defy those expectations, he’s helping thousands of other people just like ...

Kolkata: While congenital heart diseases are much discussed, lung diseases are rarely talked about. Recently, doctors at Narayana Superspecialty Hospital (NSH) Howrah operated on a 20-day-old baby ...