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Cystic Fibrosis (Scientists must solve the following problems to develop…
Cystic Fibrosis
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CF causes the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs..
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Stops the digestive enzymes from reaching the intestine where they are required in order to digest food
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Most common, fatal genetic disease in the U.S.
About 30,000 people in the U.S. have this disease
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Gene therapy holds a great promise for life-saving treatment because it targets the cause of CF, rather than just treating the symptoms.
1 in 31 Americans (more than 10 million people) are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene and can pass on the defective gene to their children
To develop CF, a child must inherit a defective gene from both parents
If both parents are carriers, there is a 25% chance that each child they conceive will have CF, and a 50% chance that the child will be a carrier
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