Air trapping (colored pink) in lungs of a cystic fibrosis patient before CFTR modulator treatment. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Care for patients with cystic fibrosis has undergone transformative changes over the past decade and serves as an example of how an understanding of the functional consequences of a genetic disease ...

Maren Denison, third-year student at the University of Iowa, was in sixth grade when she found out her lung function had dropped to 60 percent as half of her lung had collapsed and was scarred shut.

Raul Villacreses & David Stolz, University of Iowa. For use only in news coverage of Cell Host & Microbe Aug. 5, 2025 paper on persistent lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients.