Persistence, resilience, and strength of character can overcome many obstacles in life. Marlene Pryson, 86, probably one of the oldest individuals living with cystic fibrosis, certainly possesses all ...

Food insecurity is a long-standing problem in America. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food-insecure households are those with “limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” ...

I did the research. I asked the questions. I thought I knew what to expect when I had a double-lung transplant. I was surprised by what I learned. During the 18 months I spent waiting for a ...

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation recently announced that there are almost 40,000 people living with CF in the United States. Not only are there more of us with CF, but we are now living longer. Based on ...

The additional funding will support a Phase 2 clinical trial for an inhaled antisense oligonucleotide drug for people with cystic fibrosis who have the splicing mutation 3849+10Kb C-to-T. BETHESDA, Md ...

Today marks a tremendous breakthrough and exciting news for people with cystic fibrosis. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Trikafta™ for people with cystic fibrosis who have at ...

In the past decade or so, I've learned that when people in the CF community find out I'm an opera singer, or that I don't use a vest as an airway clearance technique (ACT), they often assume that I ...

Growing up with cystic fibrosis made me stubborn and determined to accomplish everything that I was told I could not do. At my elementary school track and field day, I would make sure to always choose ...

Eating is supposedly easy. Most people would say it's too easy. At some point in history among privileged people, eating became less about survival and more about pleasure. Eating more than necessary, ...

Okay! I'm about to spill some tea -- the tea about being a Black girl with cystic fibrosis. CF and I are pretty familiar with each other, so I refer to her as Cynthia Fibrosis. Cynthia and I have ...

Andrew Corcoran was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis a few weeks after birth. He has an older sister with CF and one younger brother. His family has been involved with the Foundation for nearly 30 years ...

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is funding the development of a gene editing therapy that is designed to use ReCode’s tissue-specific delivery vehicle to transport gene editing cargo to the lung cells ...