Cystic Fibrosis

Unfortunately, cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease. It affects many different parts of the body because of a genetic mutation in a gene that creates glands. As with other genetic diseases, there is no cure at this point for cystic fibrosis. There is research being performed for gene therapy in infants that can correct that [...]

Cystic fibrosis is caused by a gene mutation that is believed to have happened over fifty thousand years ago. Even though it has been around for a large portion of the time that humans have, it was not even recognized as a disease until the 1930′s. Since its recognition, there has been plenty of research [...]