Families, Transformative Medicine, Possibilities

A Selection of Cystic Fibrosis Stories

A Future of Possibilities

 
 

ALYFTREK Launch video

(Vertex’s 5th CFTR modulator)

 
 
 

Before CFTR Modulators

Tears in a Bottle - Betty Hukowicz

Fifty years ago, a child born with cystic fibrosis was unlikely to survive beyond elementary school. Betty Hukowicz lost two siblings and a daughter to this disease.

 
 

Before and After stories

 

The Cassalina family have lived the arc of recent medical history made by Vertex in its extraordinary success in combating cystic fibrosis.

 

Bridge To Breath - Cassalinas, Part I

More than a Dream - Cassalinas, Part II

 
 

Lauren Weeks never imagined a future for herself until advancements in medicine created a path to marathons and motherhood.

 

Normal is Extraordinary - Lauren Weeks - Part I

Holding my Future - Lauren Weeks - Part II

 

Cystic Fibrosis stories from the inflection point

An Unexpected Chapter - Emily Schaller

Candles to Come - Carson McKee

Just Thriving - Trixy’s Story

Believe - Stacy Carmona

In His Hands - King Birnbaum