Individuals who carry a copy of the cystic fibrosis gene may not be asymptomatic as once thought, says new research. Researchers from the University of Toronto (Canada) have utilized genomes from the ...

CYSTIC fibrosis is a genetic disease transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. The disease is mainly found in Caucasians. 1 The statistical data of the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation ...

Less than 30 years ago, cystic fibrosis was not even recognized as a distinct disease. It was regarded as a relative ly rare and puzzling inherited disorder of the pancreas, which for some un known ...