Commercial Property Group supporting cystic fibrosis treatment awareness

Commercial Property Group supporting cystic fibrosis treatment awareness
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

Commercial Property Group is supporting the event ‘Ride For Kalydeco’.

Alex Strachan is riding his jet ski from Cronulla to Port Macquarie in order to raise money to increase awareness for Kalydeco – a drug that targets the cause of Cystic Fibrosis.

Strachan plans to raise $25,000.

The Commercial Property Group staff will be at South Cronulla beach from 7am on October 4 to see Alex off.

For more information you can visit the website: www.rideforkalydeco.com.au

Donate here.

Kalydeco is the first medication that fixes the underlying CF defect. Kalydeco represents a major breakthrough in CF research as current medications only treat the symptoms, not the cause. 

Kalydeco adds approximately 18 years to life expectancy of a CF sufferer; the less damage there is when Kalydeco is started, the more years that can be added to lives. 

Doctors in Australia have found that cystic fibrosis patients who surfed had healthier lungs than non-surfing CF patients. 

They found that the inhalation of a sterile saltwater mist helps clear the thick, sticky mucus from the lungs and therefore a beneficial therapy to CF patient.

As a result of this discovery, hypertonic saline was developed to mimic a “surf session” for CF patients.

 

Main image courtesy of Ride For Kalydeco.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

Editor's Picks