CFTR protein

Key Component in Protein that Causes Cystic Fibrosis Identified

In a study recently published in PNAS, a National Academy of Sciences journal, a team of cystic fibrosis researchers led by Tzyh-Chang Hwang, PhD, demonstrate how they identified a key mechanism that could influence the behavior of the CFTR protein and flow of chloride ions in and out of cells through the protein. Chloride is

May 18th, 2015|Categories: Around The State, cystic fibrosis|Tags: CFTR protein, Cystic Fibrosis, MU School of Medicine|

Discovery Could Increase Efficacy of Promising Cystic Fibrosis Drug

March 21, 2013 - University of Missouri School of Medicine Data about defective regulatory protein described in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences MU scientist Tzyh-Chang Hwang, PhD, and colleagues have redefined a key regulatory process in the defective protein responsible for cystic fibrosis, which could change treatment for patients with the lethal genetic disease.

March 21st, 2013|Categories: Around The State, Disease Specific|Tags: CFTR protein, Cystic Fibrosis, Tzyh-Chang Hwang PhD, University of Missouri|