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Channeling efforts to fight cystic fibrosis

The lab of Kevin Foskett, PhD, the Isaac Ott Professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has found a possible new target for fighting cystic fibrosis (CF) that could compensate ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pig model of cystic fibrosis improves understanding of disease

It's been more than 20 years since scientists first discovered the gene that causes cystic fibrosis (CF), yet questions about how the mutated gene causes disease remain unanswered.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast