Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion for ALYFTREK ® ...

People with diseases caused by rare mutations have fewer options and poorer prospects than other patients despite rapid ...

FORMER Dancing With The Stars judge Julian Benson has sadly passed away aged 54 after a "courageous battle" with Cystic Fibrosis. The talented dancer and choreographer, who was diagnosed with the ...

FORMER Dancing With The Stars judge Julian Benson has died after a "courageous battle" with Cystic Fibrosis. The talented dancer and choreographer, well-known for his time on Dancing With The ...

A blue forensics tent has been set up outside the Lifeboats station in Dover A man has died trying to cross the English Channel, Kent Police says. The RNLI said it had launched its all-weather ...

Edited by Kenton Swartz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD; received November 22, 2024; accepted March 12, 2025 by Editorial Board Member Nieng Yan ...

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Current newborn screening for cystic fibrosis favors white children over those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds, researchers report. Cystic ...

Jon Batiste, the five-time Grammy award winner and Oscar recipient, has just been announced as the latest addition to Channel 4's cherished series The Piano, joining forces with host Claudia ...

FILE - Kari Lake speaks to supporters at a campaign event, Sept. 4, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) ...

Canada Gairdner Awards recognize the world’s most accomplished researchers whose work is improving our understanding of human ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A Scottish cystic fibrosis patient who wrote goodbye letters to her family before a revolutionary drug saved her life has turned her ordeal ...

Beginning in the early 1990s, Dr. Michael Welsh and colleagues revolutionized the understanding of cystic fibrosis by demonstrating that the CFTR protein is a chloride ion channel and is regulated by ...