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How an unsolved medical mystery became a life-saving breakthrough [USA TODAY]

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX)  More Company Research Source: USA TODAY
Last vertex pharmaceuticals incorporated earnings: 4/29 04:01 pm Check Earnings Report
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The coughing is so violent, so thunder sharp, that Dr. Mike Welsh, hears the deep, wet claps through the exam room's closed wooden door and well down the hallway. Their echo reverberates, the force of each choke conjuring a frame in painful contraction. One of those rare moments when sound has a feel. Inside, a young girl, 7 or 8, is fighting for each breath. When she's not coughing outright, her shallow gasps rattle, emitting a craggy low-pitched moan. And as she hawks, she brings up a foul-smelling, custard-like phlegm. Scientific name: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Welsh, then a third-year med student on his pediatric rotation in the early 1970s, watches how she's recruiting every muscle to inhale: chest, diaphragm, neck, pecs even. And, hand on her back steadying a stethoscope, he feels the extreme effort in each exhale. “Cystic fibrosis,” read the notes scribbled on her chart. A progressive genetic disorder in which thick, sticky mucus slowly drowns the lungs while destroyi [Read more]
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How an unsolved medical mystery became a life-saving breakthrough [USA TODAY]

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated  (VRTX) 
More Company Research Source: USA TODAY
Last vertex pharmaceuticals incorporated earnings: 4/29 04:01 pm Check Earnings Report
US:NASDAQ Investor Relations: investors.vrtx.com
The coughing is so violent, so thunder sharp, that Dr. Mike Welsh, hears the deep, wet claps through the exam room's closed wooden door and well down the hallway. Their echo reverberates, the force of each choke conjuring a frame in painful contraction. One of those rare moments when sound has a feel. Inside, a young girl, 7 or 8, is fighting for each breath. When she's not coughing outright, her shallow gasps rattle, emitting a craggy low-pitched moan. And as she hawks, she brings up a foul-smelling, custard-like phlegm. Scientific name: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Welsh, then a third-year med student on his pediatric rotation in the early 1970s, watches how she's recruiting every muscle to inhale: chest, diaphragm, neck, pecs even. And, hand on her back steadying a stethoscope, he feels the extreme effort in each exhale. “Cystic fibrosis,” read the notes scribbled on her chart. A progressive genetic disorder in which thick, sticky mucus slowly drowns the lungs while destroyi [Read more]
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