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View Post: CysticFibrosis.com
Cystic Fibrosis Forums, Chat and Blogs ...
22 Nov 2009 by marcijo   ...
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View Post: Bellies and Babies: What About Afterward?
7 hours ago by Nicole D  
... such as anticonvulsants, anticoagulants, and antibiotics; infant antibiotic use; infant liver disorders (more prevelant when there is a history of liver disorders); infant diarrhea, hepatitis, cystic fibrosis (CF), celiac disease, ...
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View Post: In vitro Activities of Various Antibiotics, Alone and in ...
5 Mar 2008
Background: The in vitro activities of various antibiotics, either alone or in combination with colistin methanesulfonate, were assessed using Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. ...
View Blog: American Journal of Nephrology : Last 20 articles - http://content.karger.com/

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View Post: Science Centric
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New clinical guidelines for exacerbations ... ...
View Blog: The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical guidelines for the treatment of exacerbations in cystic fibrosis based on a review of the literature on current clinical practices. ... In the case of synergy testing - a costly and time-consuming practice of determining what synergistic effects different antibiotics may have when used together against multi-drug resistant infections - was found to have little benefit to the patient and the committee recommended

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View Post: Augmented effect of early antibiotic treatment in mice with ...
10 Nov 2009 by van Gennip, M., Moser, C., Christensen,...  
Early antibiotic treatment directed at the mucoid phenotype in mice also reduced the inflammation and, thereby, the lung tissue damage. Keywords: tobramycin , MIP-2 , G-CSF , cystic fibrosis. Add to CiteULike CiteULike · Add to Connotea ...
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View Post: An Antibiotic Against Genetic Diseases? : Blisstree - Family ...
21 Aug 2009 by Grace Ibay  
Israeli scientists have modified a potent antibiotic that may allow it to treat cystic fibrosis and other genetic diseases caused by “stop mutations”. The anti-bacterial antibiotic gentamicin is one of the highly toxic antibiotics ...
View Blog: Genetics & Health - http://www.blisstree.com/geneticsandhealth/

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View Post: Quick Update – Swine Flu needle, Wisdom, Antibiotics, Links ...
29 Oct 2009 by pegson123  
I'm being admitted under both my Cystic Fibrosis Doctor (DrWark) and my Oral Specialist (DrWilson). The reason for going in on monday morning when My surgery is not till Friday morning is to give my body a pep up with antibiotics 5 days ...
View Blog: Pegson In The Present . Com - http://pegsoninthepresent.wordpress.com/

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View Post: Inimex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Raises US $22 Million in the Fight ...
3 Jun 2008
Their studies show that these agents, mimicking naturally occurring compounds, quickly boost the immune system and control inflammation, enabling the body to fight off infections when antibiotics don't work. "We believe IDR peptides will have broad application in patients of all ages, acting against infections associated with cystic fibrosis, pneumonia, inflammation and in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy," said North. "We are in desperate need of a new approach to ...
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View Post: Antibiotics Do More than Fight Infection in People with Cystic ...
23 Aug 2009
For people with cystic fibrosis (CF), antibiotics are a great thing. Without antibiotics, most people with CF would succumb to the relentless onslaught of lung infections that they inevitably face. But did you know that antibiotics do ...
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View Post: Israeli research finds common antibiotic can repair genetic diseases
6 Nov 2009 by AZ  
“We have shown our lead compounds are more powerful than existing antibiotics and much less toxic. We also have data on preclinical studies on cystic fibrosis that it works well. This is the very new direction that shows how chemistry ...
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