Promising new era dawns for cystic fibrosis treatment

摘要

50-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Rick Cissna knew pretty much as soon as he started taking a drug as part of a clinical trial 2-5 years ago that he was not getting the placebo. Running everyday as part of a regime to try to loosen up and therefore cough out the mucus in his lungs he was only a couple of weeks in when he noticed his cough getting shallower. After about a month on the drug it had all but disappeared. "It was just dramatic", recalls Cissna who also no longer frets over his lung infections becoming more resistant to antibiotics. "On the drug I haven't had any antibiotics, period", he says.