Cystic Fibrosis Trust - Research

Research

The aim of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust research is to understand, treat and cure cystic fibrosis. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the major funder of medical and scientific CF research in the UK. The Trust's research falls into two main categories:

  • Gene therapy - The Trust currently invests over £3 million a year in a programme of research into gene therapy, in order to make it a clinical reality in the foreseeable future. Gene therapy aims to add a healthy copy of the faulty CF gene to the lung. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust has brought together over 40 of the UK’s leading scientists to drive this research forward through the UK Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Consortium. The scientists have developed a product which they plan to take to clinical trials in 2008. These trials will cost an additional £4.7 million.
  • Medical and Scientific research – The Trust supports research aimed at treating and curing the symptoms of CF and improving the lives of those living with the condition. The Trust currently spends around £1 million a year on this non-gene therapy research which will have important and/or imminent clinical benefit to those with cystic fibrosis.

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