The Italian Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation (FFC Ricerca) was established in 1997 with the aims of fostering and funding scientific research into cystic fibrosis; training young researchers and healthcare personnel; contributing to the management of research laboratories through special agreements; spreading information about the disease, targeting the general public.
FFC Ricerca is approved by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) as a promoter of scientific research into the disease. The studies promoted and funded by FFC Ricerca aim at upgrading the currently available treatments to enhance the quality of life and the life expectancy of the people with CF (pwCF) and at understanding the basics of the defect that causes cystic fibrosis and providing a cure for all pwCF.
Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common serious genetic diseases.
Cystic fibrosis (formerly called mucoviscidosis) is a generally serious disease, present from birth since it is caused by the alteration (mutation) in a CFTR gene.
All research projects financed by the Foundation are divided by fields of investigation. There are two fundamental objectives on the basis of which they are selected by the FFC Ricerca Scientific Committee: to improve the treatments available, to increase the quality and length of life of patients; strike at the root of the defect that causes cystic fibrosis, to find a definitive cure.