Facts about Cystic Fibrosis
So far, no large-scale research has been carried out into the incidence of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease in adults with cystic fibrosis.
Cystic fibrosis affects the entire body and impacts breathing, digestion, and sexual reproduction.
In 1959, the median age of survival of children with cystic fibrosis was six months.
How this malfunction of cells in cystic fibrosis causes the clinical manifestations of CF is not well understood.
CF is mostly commonly (>70 percent) caused by a mutation in a gene located on chromosome 7, whose protein product is the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR).
Formerly known as cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, this entity has increasingly been labeled simply "cystic fibrosis."
Chacha is a grape brandy traditionally produced in Georgia and Abkhazia, similar to pomace brandy.
Prior to prenatal and newborn screening, cystic fibrosis was often diagnosed when a newborn infant failed to pass feces (meconium).
Cystic fibrosis represents the first genetic disorder elucidated strictly by the process of reverse genetics.
Cystic fibrosis occurs when there is a mutation in the CFTR gene, which is 180,000 base pairs long and creates a protein that is 1,480 amino acids long.
Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes (CFRD), as it is known as, shares characteristics that can be found in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics and is one of the principal non-pulmonary complications of CF.
Approximately 1 in 25 people of European descent and 1 in 29 people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent is a carrier of a cystic fibrosis mutation.
Couples who are pregnant or who are planning a pregnancy can themselves be tested for CFTR gene mutations to determine the likelihood that their child will be born with cystic fibrosis.
Consequently, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, the product of the CF gene, is defective.
In 1936, Guido Fanconi published a paper describing a connection between celiac disease, cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, and bronchiectasis.
Lung transplantation often becomes necessary for individuals with cystic fibrosis as lung function and exercise tolerance declines.
Czech physiologist Vilem Laufberger used thyroid hormone injections to induce an axolotl to grow into a terrestrial adult salamander.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation also compiles lifestyle information about American adults with CF.
Cytoplasm is all the "stuff" inside the enclosing membrane of a biological cell, except for the nucleus and nuclear membrane in the case of eukaryotes.
The lungs of individuals with cystic fibrosis are colonized and infected by bacteria from an early age.
Many bacteria common in cystic fibrosis are resistant to multiple antibiotics and require weeks of treatment with intravenous antibiotics such as vancomycin, tobramycin, meropenem, ciprofloxacin, and piperacillin.
The fight against cystic fibrosis has been a news story in France, where on April 30, 2007, the rising pop singer Grйgory Lemarchal died from the illness at the age of 23.
The symptoms of cystic fibrosis depend on the age of an individual, the extent to which the disease affects specific organs, prior therapy, and the types of infections experienced.
Carl von Rokitansky described a case of fetal death with meconium peritonitis, complication of meconium ileus associated with cystic fibrosis.
Following his death, his family started Association Grйgory Lemarchal, an advocacy organization supporting people with cystic fibrosis.
Studies have shown that to prevent the lung manifestations of cystic fibrosis, only 5–10% the normal amount of CFTR gene expression is needed.
Aerobic exercise is of great benefit to people with cystic fibrosis.
In 1938, Dorothy Hansine Andersen published an article titled, "Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and its relation to celiac disease: A clinical and pathological study" in the American Journal of Diseases of Children.
The name cystic fibrosis refers to the characteristic "fibrosis" (tissue scarring) and cyst formation within the pancreas, first recognized in the 1930s.
To date, there is no cure for CF, and most individuals with cystic fibrosis die young, many in their 20s and 30s, most prevalently from lung failure.
Cystic fibrosis affects the entire body and impacts breathing, digestion, and sexual reproduction.
