Cystic Fibrosis

Part I of Essay
One out of every 2,500 births in the united states will be diagnosed With . This fact makes one of the most common Genetic diseases in the nation. About 30,000 americans have the disease, but Even though is the nations most common genetic disease the Majority of americ ....

Part II of Essay
.... used to help patients cough up the obstructing mucus. Intestinal obstruction, Which occurs mostly in infancy, may require surgery. In 1989, researchers fond the abnormal gene that causes cystic fibrosis. This gene is located on chromosome 7 . A person who has two cystic fibrosis Genes has the disease . A person that carries one of the genes does not have the Genetic disease, but is a carrier. The symptoms of cystic fibrosis sometimes occur immediately after birth. Mucus secretions may appear in the baby’s intestines, which can cau ....