By manipulating the machinery used by our cells for quality control, researchers have found a way to restore the function of cystic fibrosis (CF) airway cells.
This could significantly reduce the sticky mucus that plugs the lungs of CF patients, which leads to antibiotic-resistant infections and untimely death.
Clearing the airways in cystic fibrosis
(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) By manipulating the machinery used by our cells for quality control, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have found a way...
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