As traditional as a Boxing Day sporting fixture and the Queen’s Speech, every year the Royal Institution hosts a series of Christmas Lectures. As the final lecture in this year’s series on ‘Who am I’ covers emerging genetic technologies, it seemed timely to share a blog from this year’s CF’s Got Talent competition winner Afroditi Avgerinou, whose PhD research is on gene editing. Here Afroditi reflects on her work in gene editing, the competition and what it meant to her.
New adult cystic fibrosis (CF) centre opens in Blackpool, expanding capacity and reducing journey times, without compromising excellent care for people with CF in the region.
The Scottish Government has announced a new interim deal that will see access to Orkambi and Symkevi for everyone with cystic fibrosis (CF) in Scotland who stands to benefit, after reaching an agreement with manufacturer Vertex with support from the UK CF Registry.
The Trust has awarded a £100,000 Venture and Innovation research grant towards a project by Neem Biotech to fine tune ajoene, a compound based on a natural chemical structure, that could be used to help improve the effectiveness of antibiotics for people with cystic fibrosis. Read more about the background to the research and how the grant will move the drug development forward.
