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  • Potential cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic'

    Mar 13, 2019 2:15 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    graphic showing 'prosthetic' molecule taking the place of a missing protein in lung tissue

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    'We use a small molecule surrogate that can perform the channel function of the missing protein (in cystic fibrosis patients), which we call a molecular prosthetic,' said study leader Martin Burke