Cellular intricacies of cystic fibrosis
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
When researchers discovered the primary genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis (CF) back in 1989, they opened up a new realm of research into treatment and a cure for the disease. Since then, scientists have been able to clone the defective gene and study its effects in animals. Now researchers have developed a technique for observing the defects at work in human tissue donated by patients with CF.