Tuesday, 22 December 2009Tool in Cystic Fibrosis Fight: A RegistryPosted by rim50@aol.com
HARTFORD — In the 1950s, children with cystic fibrosis usually died before they reached kindergarten age, their airways choked with mucus by a genetic disorder that disrupts their ability to clear infections from their lungs.
Today, many...
Thursday, 17 December 2009Research Project Yields Better Understanding of Defective Protein that Causes CFPosted by rim50@aol.com
The following information was released by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology:
A team of researchers studying the protein that, when defective or absent, causes cystic fibrosis (CF) has made an important discovery about how...
Friday, 11 December 2009Florida’s Maurkice Pouncey Wins 2009 Rimington TrophyPosted by rim50@aol.com
University of Florida junior Maurkice Pouncey has been named the recipient of the 2009 Rimington Trophy, named for BEF President Dave Rimington and awarded annually to the most outstanding center in college football. Last month, Pouncey...