NAPLs [Internet]; Dec 5, 2017 [cited 2017 Dec 5]. Available from: http://www.allacronyms.com/NAPLS/prodrome. MHRA 'NAPLs', All Acronyms, 5 December 2017, <http://www.allacronyms.com/NAPLS/prodrome> [accessed 5 December 2017] Bluebook All Acronyms, NAPLs (Dec. 5, 2017, 1:12 PM), available at http://www.allacronyms.com/NAPLS/prodrome. CSE All Acronyms.
UBI - The Power of Light! Ultraviolet blood irradiation (simple called UBI) is a cure that time has indeed forgotten. UBI was extensively used in the 1940âs and 1950âs to treat medical conditions including pneumonia, tuberculosis and even cancer. The advent of antibiotics lead to a decline in the use of UBI as an effective treatment option.
What is Orkambi? Orkambi is the second such drug to be licensed for use in people with cystic fibrosis, the first was Kalydeco. Orkambi treats the F508del mutation, which around 50% of people with CF in the UK have. Orkambi is a combination medicine, made up of ivacaftor and lumacaftor. Lumacaftor helps get more proteins to the surface of cells in the body, and ivacaftor helps the chloride channels in the cells to operate more effectively.