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James F. Donohue, MD, was honored with the Breathing for Life Award at the Tenth Annual American Thoracic Society (ATS) Foundation Research Program Benefit on Saturday, May 19, 2018, in San Diego, California. The Breathing for Life Award is the highest honor given by the foundation for philanthropy, scientific achievement,...

At the UNC School of Medicine, researchers come to their work through various paths. For Wanda O’Neal, PhD, her tireless dedication to researching cystic fibrosis and lung conditions was born from a very personal place — a family with six kids with CF. Read the article and view the video...

UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Robert Tarran created a new screening technique to deduce the different toxicity levels of the more than 7,700 types of e-liquid flavors available to consumers. Read the full story here.

UNC School of Medicine scientists show that therapies to break up mucus in toddlers might offer the best route to a longer life for CF patients. Read the full story here.

Led by UNC School of Medicine’s Brian Conlon, PhD, research published in PLoS Biology shows how different bacterial strains interact to make each other more or less resistant to antibiotics. Read the full story here.

In a significant step toward personalized medicine for cystic fibrosis, a minimally-invasive technique developed in the lab of Martina Gentzsch, PhD, shows promise as a fast, inexpensive indicator to help more patients access new treatments. Read the full story here.

A new lab model developed by UNC’s Carla Ribeiro, PhD, and colleagues can be used to test new therapeutics for cystic fibrosis. Read the full story here.

UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Michelle Hernandez, MD, found that asthma patients taking a kind of vitamin E called gamma tocopherol had less inflammation of the airways. The study points to a new way to control asthma’s chronic symptoms. Read the full story here.

L to R: Student, Dr. Arun Kannappan, Courtney Busby, Dr. Boucher, Jennifer Dane, Jamiee Watts, Dr. Aaron Trimble, Emily Wong, Jennifer Pagel, Nicole Bingham, Dr. Scott Donaldson The Raleigh Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been presented with the Outstanding Partner Award by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). The...

Mehmet Kesimer UNC scientist Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, helps medical colleagues figure out why airborne allergens can cause asthma symptoms in some people but not others. His work implicates an important protein in mucus — MUC5AC. To read the full article, click here.