Science & Medicine
Obstetrics: New prenatal guidelines aim to detect cystic fibrosis. The change offers hope for better treatment but also raises tough ethical issues.
Nov. 26, 2001
Researchers are poised to begin human trials of a new therapy for cystic fibrosis that promises to reduce the lung congestion that is the most damaging aspect of the inherited disorder.
Aug. 22, 1991
A scientific panel Thursday gave its approval for experimental gene-therapy treatments of cystic fibrosis patients, marking the first time the revolutionary but still-developing technique will be tried against so prevalent and lethal a disease.
Dec. 4, 1992
Movies
‘Salt in My Soul,’ based on a posthumous memoir, movingly documents the courageous life of Mallory Smith and her battle with cystic fibrosis.
Jan. 20, 2022
California
Standing 4 feet, 5 inches and weighing 50 pounds, young Jessie Turner hardly seemed strong enough to hold herself steady, let alone to send a bowling ball sailing toward a spare.
Nov. 12, 1989
A new test can spot three-quarters of all adults who risk having children with cystic fibrosis, and more accurate versions should soon allow routine screening of everyone in the United States for this common genetic defect, researchers report.
Feb. 1, 1990
Scientists have corrected a crucial defect in cells taken from cystic fibrosis patients, a step called a milestone toward eventually treating the disease through gene therapy or new kinds of medication.
Sept. 20, 1990
Researchers may have found the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, which would be a major step toward understanding the cause of the disease--one of the most common fatal inherited diseases--scientists said last week.
May 3, 1987
Gene testing is proving to be a challenge: In one broad screening, results have been difficult to interpret, creating unintended risks.
May 12, 2003
The genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis also appears to be involved in a life-threatening inflammation of the pancreas that afflicts about 100,000 Americans.
Sept. 3, 1998