by Laura Bonnell | May 27, 2024 | Podcasts
Did you know most states have programs for CF families, and they don’t have to do with your income? Michigan has one of the best programs in the Country. It’s called Children’s Special Healthcare and acts as a secondary insurance to pediatric and adult patients....
by Laura Bonnell | May 20, 2024 | Podcasts
A new CF modulator could be on the horizon. Professor Dr. Bhanu Jena is exciting to tell us all about it. Dr. Jena was born in a small town in Odisha, India. He got his love for science and medicine from his father and grandfather. He majored in Chemistry, Zoology,...
by Guest Author | May 13, 2024 | Podcasts
Approximately 10 percent of the CF population is waiting for a CF modulator drug that will help them by correcting the underlying condition of their disease. Current modulator drugs help more common CF mutations. Emily Kramer Golinkoff is one of the people who...
by Laura Bonnell | May 6, 2024 | Podcasts
Living legends. One of them is Dr. Mitch Drumm. He was part of the team with Dr. Francis Collins who discovered the gene that cause CF. They were all at the University of Michigan. You’ll hear the connection Laura and Mitch have, and they didn’t know it until this...
by Laura Bonnell | Apr 29, 2024 | Podcasts
Do you know what is needed before you have a lung transplant? Or even how it works? More and more adult CF clinics are explaining the details to adult patients, but if you’re a CF parent, there is a lot you may not know. We welcome Dr. Ryan Hadley. Dr. Hadley is...
by Laura Bonnell | Apr 22, 2024 | Podcasts
Everyone always asks me “What does it take to run a Foundation?” So I thought I would explain some of the different aspects of funny and challenging parts of running a Foundation. Please join me with my friend Beth Vanstone who asks me all sorts of...
