PHOTO: Twelve year old Abby from Lightning Ridge is the first person enrolled in a new trial using phage therapy to treat a common cystic fibrosis infection.
A new clinical trial at The Children’s Hospital in Westmead (CHW) is offering alternative therapies to cystic fibrosis (CF) sufferers.
Already familiar with the long trip from her home in Lightning Ridge to the CHW for CF treatment is 12 year old Abby, who has become the first patient to be enrolled in the trial that aims to beat a potentially devastating infection…