CysticFibrosis WHAT IS CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND WHO DOES IT AFFECT: Every year, 1,000 children with cystic fibrosis are born in the United States. 1 in 3,000 Caucasian babies have the disorder, making Cystic Fibrosis one of the most common lethal genetic diseases in Caucasians. Overall, there are 30,000 Americans with Cystic Fibrosis, and an estimated 8 million people carry one copy of the defective gene that causes the disease. These carriers do not have symptoms of Cysitc Fibrosis, because a …showed first 75 words of 920 total…

…showed last 75 words of 920 total…dietary fat that is un-absorbed. those are just some of the many tests that we have for Cystic Fibrosis. GENE THERAPY It is not yet possible but process is being made in finding out how to do gene therapy. Scientists in the laboratory have grown cells from the nose of a Cystic Fibrisis patient. The chloride defect has been correctedin small regions of the nasal cavity. They are giving the normal genes through nose drops.