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Cystic Fibrosis
Title: Cystic Fibrosis
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 2081 | Pages: 8.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Cystic Fibrosis
About 1 out of 201 Caucasian people carries at least one of the fatal defective
genes that cause cystic fibrosis, CF, or mucoviscidosis (in Europe) although carriers
don't show any signs of the disease. Therefore, 10 million2 people carry the
defective gene and aren't aware of it. Consequently, it makes it one of the most
common genetic defect in the United States.
CF is a autosomal recessive gene. That means that it may, but doesn't always skip
generations. …showed first 75 words of 2081 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2081 total…Perhaps in the next century, we can say that cystic fibrosis is completely abolished. Maybe the new medications and therapies won't have to be as painful as they are now. Why should these individuals with CF be made to suffer in order to get better. Frank Deford says about chest physiotherapy and the disease, "Two thousands times I had to beat my sick child, make her cry and plead...and in the end for what?"
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