Researcher Spotlight – Dr Divya Ramnath

Researcher Spotlight – Dr Divya Ramnath

Researcher Spotlight From Mumbai to Brisbane and Liver to Lungs: How Dr Divya Ramnath is tackling inflammation and infection in Cystic Fibrosis. Last month I had the chance to speak with Dr Divya Ramnath, one of the team working on the Think Zinc program this year....
Courtney’s journey to motherhood as a CF woman

Courtney’s journey to motherhood as a CF woman

Cure4CF Update Courtney’s journey to motherhood as a CF woman Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Courtney, an amazing 34-year-old from Brisbane who was diagnosed with CF at 6 months old.  Courtney talked to me about her CF and how Trikafta meant she is...
Gene therapy update – how close are we?

Gene therapy update – how close are we?

Cure4CF Update Gene therapy update – how close are we? The current landscape of gene therapy The first human genes were cloned in the 1970s with early studies commencing in the 1980s.  The schematic on the right shows the progress in gene therapy over the last 3...
Gene therapy update – how close are we?

Navigating the start of school as a CF Parent

Cure4CF Update  Navigating the start of school as a CF Parent Last month I had a great time speaking with our Ambassador Jennifer Kozlowski who shared with me her top tips for navigating Aveline’s start to school this year. Enrol as early as possible. Jen acknowledges...
Gene therapy update – how close are we?

Life expectancy and the modulator era for CF

Cure4CF Update  Life expectancy and the modulator era for CF What does life expectancy mean? Life expectancy is a commonly used measure and reflects the mortality level of a population.   It is calculated from age specific death rates and measures how long a person is...
Gene therapy update – how close are we?

What is Aquagenic wrinkling and what does it mean in CF?

Cure4CF Update  What is Aquagenic wrinkling and what does it mean in CF?  Last year one of our ambassadors contacted me curious about aquagenic wrinkling they had observed.  I had never heard of the condition and was curious to learn more. Aquagenic wrinkling is rare...
Gene therapy update – how close are we?

Taste and bacterial infection in CF

Cure4CF Update  Taste and bacterial infection in CF Our Ambassador Olivia Wood recently shared with me her observation that she can notice a change in taste when she has different lung infections.  This made me curious and so I went to check out the research to see...