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Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to Æ»¹ûÒùÔº students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

News

Cystic fibrosis: questions on the new drug Vertex

Published: 23 July 2014
What:ÌýInvestors and patients were exuberant when Vertex Pharmaceuticals released results from clinical trials showing that cystic fibrosis (CF) patients’ lung function improved on an experimental two-drug regimen. But Ìýtwo independent teams of scientists, one from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, published studies showing that the medications interfere with each other, at least when they are administered to human cells in a laboratory dish.

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The studies published in the journalÌýScience Translational MedicineÌýraise fundamental questions about how the drugs work in CF patients and also suggest that a different strategy might be more effective.

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Expertise:ÌýÆ»¹ûÒùÔº prof. Gergely Lukacs, Faculty of Medicine (Physiology), Canada Research Chair in Cystic Fibrosis

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