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Cystic fibrosis (also known as CF or mucoviscidosis) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder affecting most critically the lungs, and also the pancreas, liver, and intestine.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a progressive genetic disease that adversely affects a person's lungs, pancreas and other vital organs, says Dr. Michael Boyle, president and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis ...
Salmont died of pneumonia and cystic fibrosis on Christmas 2008. [5] Rosman also supports Childhelp Inc. and is an ambassador for the organization, which helps severely abused children. [6] Rosman is also the national honorary chairman for CureFinders, a school fundraising program to help fund the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. [5]
As with Zamora's struggle with AIDS, Abernathy is credited by MTV.com with helping to raise national awareness of cystic fibrosis and putting a face on the disease. Abernathy's housemate Jacquese Smith , with whom she was the closest, was particularly devastated by her death and by having not kept in touch with her, as was fellow housemate ...
Judah, a 14-year-old boy who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at just two weeks old was granted a wish by the Make-A-Wish Foundation to meet and record music with Jason Derulo
The Serre et al. (1990) study estimated that an allele causing cystic fibrosis arose approximately 181.4 generations ago. Therefore, they estimated that the allele age to be between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago. [4] [5] However, other studies have obtained drastically different estimates. Morral et al. (1994) suggested a minimum age of 52,000 ...
Alex: The Life of a Child is a biography and film about the life and death of Alexandra Deford from cystic fibrosis. [1] After her death in 1980 at the age of eight, her father, Frank Deford, a sportswriter, was inspired to write a memoir about Alex three years later. The book depicts Alex's determination to make the best of her circumstances ...
April is dating Chris in the beginning of the book, but falls in love and accepts the proposal of Mark Gianni after they break up. Mark Gianni: Mark Gianni is an Italian 21-year-old who never lets anything get in the way of his goal to race, despite the fact that it could be detrimental to his health, as he suffers from cystic fibrosis. Mark ...