12/18/2020
Top 10 for 2021: #4 | New Medication for Cystic Fibrosis
Passing a hereditary disease to a child is one of a parent's worst fears. Although uncontrollable, one in every 35 Americans, is born with a defective cystic fibrosis, or CF, gene. With CF, mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, or CFTR gene, cause the CFTR protein to become dysfunctional, making it unable to help move chloride to the surface of the cells in the body.