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Real 'Fault in Our Stars' couple reunited by hope

Real 'Fault in Our Stars' couple reunited by hope

Katie and Dalton Prager, a young couple who both have cystic fibrosis, celebrated happy news when they reunited Tuesday afternoon after nearly five months apart: Katie is on her way to getting a lifesaving lung transplant.

Senh: Good to hear. It's amazing what "administrative hurdles" could be overcome when the media shines the spotlight on the insurance companies and hospitals, whose cooperation Katie Prager needs for her lung transplant.

 

A One-Two Punch Against Cystic Fibrosis, And Maybe Someday Other Diseases Too

New data on an experimental drug combination being developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, Mass., should give hope to tens of thousands of people suffering from cystic fibrosis, the deadly lung disease that afflicts 70,000 people worldwide and kills most of them in their 20s. If the drug combo proves successful, it could also open up new avenues for genetic research to lead to treatments for terrible diseases, raising the possibility that pairs of drugs developed in tandem could succeed where single pills have failed.

 

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