Wound-healing peptides curb bacterial colonization in cystic fibrosis airway models

Cystic fibrosis, 1 of the astir communal familial diseases successful Switzerland, promotes chronic bacterial infections by impairing the protective obstruction of the airways. Scientists astatine the University of Geneva (UNIGE) person discovered that this dysfunction is caused by the abnormal activation of a protein, connexin 43, which disrupts cellular enactment and compromises the integrity of the airways.