Searching for a cure for cystic fibrosis. A 25-year quest in a nutshell

B Bosch, K De Boeck - European journal of pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
… yet a cure for cystic fibrosis (CF). However, the quest has led to major breakthroughs in
understanding the basic disease defect and defining strategies to correct it. The first cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis—What are the prospects for a cure?

S Kumar, A Tana, A Shankar - European journal of internal medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
… the numbers of adult cystic fibrosis patients outnumber … cystic fibrosis transmembrane
conductance regulator has ushered in a new era in cystic fibrosis research, with prospects of a cure

Innovative therapies for cystic fibrosis: the road from treatment to cure

G Cabrini - Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2019 - Springer
Cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening multiorgan genetic disease, is facing a new era of
research and development using innovative gene-directed personalized therapies. The priority …

Rewriting CFTR to cure cystic fibrosis

G Maule, M Ensinck, M Bulcaen, MS Carlon - Progress in Molecular Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… modulators do not cure the disease. … cure for all PwCF, is the current priority of the CF
community, as exemplified by the recent “Path to a Cure” mission announced by the Cystic Fibrosis

On the corner of models and cure: gene editing in cystic fibrosis

M Ensinck, A Mottais, C Detry, T Leal… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a severe genetic disease for which curative treatment is still lacking.
Next generation biotechnologies and more efficient cell-based and in vivo disease models are …

AJRCCM: 100-Year Anniversary.Progress along the Pathway of Discovery Leading to Treatment and Cure of Cystic Fibrosis

BW Ramsey, MJ Welsh - American journal of respiratory and critical …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
… leading to treatment and cure of a genetic disease. The figure displays the seven steps
leading to the understanding and cure of a genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis. This pathway …

Gene therapy could offer an inclusive cure for cystic fibrosis

R Khamsi - Nature, 2020 - go.gale.com
… : cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR ). "We didn't find out his gene
mutation until eight weeks later," Brady says. Although cystic fibrosis … with cystic fibrosis have …

Progress in therapies for cystic fibrosis

K De Boeck, MD Amaral - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2016 - thelancet.com
… have allowed most patients with cystic fibrosis to live to young adulthood. … cystic fibrosis. In
parallel, development of modulators that target the underlying dysfunction in the cystic fibrosis

The past 10 years of cystic fibrosis treatment: the road to cure

C Castaños - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease associated with high rates of premature death. There have
been many advances in clinical care for cystic fibrosis … of patients with cystic fibrosis is still …

[HTML][HTML] Correcting CFTR folding defects by small-molecule correctors to cure cystic fibrosis

M Mijnders, B Kleizen, I Braakman - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
… Pharmacological intervention to treat the lethal genetic disease cystic fibrosis has become
… , rescue levels are reaching those resembling a cure for CF. Combination therapy with …