Cystic fibrosis drug double-up does well in trial
A combination of two gene-targeting drugs significantly increases the lung function of cystic fibrosis patients, a clinical trial shows....
Dr Isobel Steer is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and is also a researcher at Imperial College London on medical diagnostic devices. She also obtained her PhD at Imperial developing a device to study protein-DNA interactions. She previously studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, where she wrote for and edited magazines including Bang! and Phenotype. She tweets as @isosteer.
A combination of two gene-targeting drugs significantly increases the lung function of cystic fibrosis patients, a clinical trial shows....
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