Martin Smith, who has cystic fibrosis (CF) and his seven-year-old daughter Emily, who both featured in the Cystic Fibrosis Trust’s 2017 Christmas appeal, have written a children’s book together. Find out how, between Emily’s creative characters and Martin’s writing skills, they helped to bring ‘The Christmas Poop Plan’ to life.
Two cystic fibrosis (CF) researchers have been elected to become Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Fellows are an elite group of researchers recognised for their exceptional contribution to advancing biomedical science. These experts are making innovative and exciting progress in tackling some of the key questions to improve our understanding and treatment of cystic fibrosis.
Jemma Wood, 25, with cystic fibrosis (CF) graduated from university in 2014. After graduating she joined a management consulting graduate scheme, where she has worked for the last three years. She looks back on her time at university, and how taking time out to take care of herself when she was unwell meant that she made the best decisions for her.
We all have mental health, good or bad, in the same way that we have physical health, and that means people with CF can experience mental health problems in the same way that people without the condition can.
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is helping the University of Warwick’s Imagining Futures project launch their ‘Cystic Fibrosis Screening Survey (UK)’. The project is looking at social and ethical implications of the last 50 years of progress in genetics on a variety of lifelong conditions. Genetic editing and genetic testing can of course be a sensitive area and can often lead to complicated and divisive debates, which is why the Trust wants to make sure the views and opinions of those most likely to be affected are heard. To help give more context to this work and the survey, we’ve asked Dr Felicity Boardman, the lead researcher for the Imaging Futures project, to explain some of the background.
After receiving some fantastic entries last year, we are pleased to announce that we are running the Children’s Christmas Card Competition again this year.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Alan Turing Institute partner to focus mathematical brilliance on the issue of making accurate predictions about the course of cystic fibrosis (CF).
