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A Brief History of Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis may have been affecting humans since the dawn of human existence, nobody is really sure. The reason for this disease is because of a genetic mutation that occurred in the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, also known as the CFTR gene. Since that mutation, for whatever reason, it has been passed down from … Continue reading