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All of the goals were met in 20 hours! This community loves to be part of research. Thank you! Research Opportunities! $40.00 Gift Card to Complete On-Line Research This research opportunity involved 5-17 year old on Pulmozyme. It was for both patients and caregivers.
When a Bad Animal Model is Good: Cystic Fibrosis
A “good” animal model is one that has the same symptoms of a disease that we do, right? Not always. Sometimes we can actually learn more when an animal is not a perfect model; their good health can reveal new points of intervention. That’s the case for cystic fibrosis (CF), …
Surprising Benefits from CF Research
CF Research May Help Agriculture Cystic Fibrosis is often referred to as an orphan disease i.e. research benefits a relatively small portion of the general population. But here is a serendipitous situation in which CF research may help agriculture on a large scale. A graduate student at the University of …
Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9
This video explains how research in genome editing may help treat genetic diseases like CF in the future.