cystic fibrosis

A 35-year-old French woman, who has never been too far away, never left the country, and the strangest and most dangerous animal she has ever contacted are cows on a farm near her

Brave Brooke Masson 4-year-old suffered from cystic fibrosis that made her skin so salty that her kissers felt burning.

For a long time, the cause of cystic fibrosis (CF - a genetic disease) has been identified as a mutation of a gene called CFTR.

New technology creates digital embryos by mixing DNA with parents, helping prospective parents know the health and genetic characteristics of a baby before deciding to have

With current methods, doctors can only detect a number of gene defects on a large scale including Down syndrome, cystic disease and muscular dystrophy. These genetic errors are

Many drug-resistant infections are the result of bacterial biofilms that protect bacteria from antibiotics, chemicals, antibodies, and immune cells.

American scientists have created pigs capable of developing cystic fibrosis similar to humans and hope this is a step to speed up the process of treating the disease.