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July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

Cytokinetics Starts Phase 2 Clinical Trial Therapy for COPD Patients

COPD, News

Cytokinetics, a biopharma company that develops muscle activators as potential treatments for certain debilitating diseases, has launched a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of CK-107 in the ... Read more

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016

‘Hospital at Home’ Is Effective Alternative for Elderly Lung Disease Patients in UK, Research Indicates

COPD, News, Pneumonia

The rate of admissions in elderly patients to acute hospital care in the United Kingdom has increased by 65 percent in the last decade, placing increased labor and cost demands on hospital ... Read more

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016

New Vaccine Against Pneumococcal Lung Infections Deemed Safe, Triggers Immune Response

News, Pneumonia

A new vaccine against pneumococcal lung infections can safely be used in humans and is able to trigger an immune reaction, reports ImmunoBiology Ltd.

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Grants $1.7 Million For Development of New Antimicrobial Drug

Cystic Fibrosis, News

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics (CFFT) based in Maryland, and Alaxia SAS in France, have entered an agreement to help support the first-in-patient clinical trial of ALX-009, an inhaled antimicrobial drug for patients with ... Read more

July 1, 2016July 1, 2016

Intestinal Stem Cells Seen to Predict CF Patients’ Response to Therapy, a Potentially Huge Step Forward

Cystic Fibrosis, News

Researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht, in the Netherlands, succeeded in using intestinal stem cells from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients to predict if patients would respond to a particular drug. The technique ... Read more

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

#Heart2CurePH: Celebrities Join Patients, Friends of PHA at Dallas Conference

News, Pulmonary Hypertension

Attendance records for the PHA’s annual Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions, were broken this year by an exceptional turnout of patients, caregivers, families, and healthcare professionals at ... Read more

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Stem Cell Therapy Improves Lives of COPD Patients, but It’s Not a Cure

COPD, News

A patient named Gary V. at the Lung Institute in Tampa, Florida, with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), shared how his life improved since receiving stem cell therapy. When discussing the improvements that ... Read more

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Lung Disease, New Inhaled Treatments by Pulmatrix Described in Animated Science Video

Asthma, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, News

A life sciences animated video was recently released by Pulmatrix to explain breathing issues experienced by patients with serious lung diseases and to illustrate novel promising therapies developed by the company. The ... Read more

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

Boomer Esiason CF Ambassador, Jerry Cahill, Celebrates 60th Birthday with ‘Living List’

Cystic Fibrosis, News

Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF) celebrated Jerry Cahill’s 60th birthday on June 27, by demonstrating that people with cystic fibrosis (CF) can live normal lives with exercise and consistent medical care. Cahill is ... Read more

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

Phase 1 Trial Data on RNA-based Therapy for CF to Be Presented at NACFC 2016

Cystic Fibrosis, News

ProQR Therapeutics recently announced that new data from an ongoing proof-of-concept clinical study, called PQ-010-002, evaluating the effect of an RNA-based therapy (QR-010) on cystic fibrosis patients, will be presented at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference ... Read more