Cystic Fibrosis

That was back in the early 70's though. Now sweat tests have few oversights.
Cystic fibrosis is a disease that doesn't take any prisoners. All victims will eventually die from complication due to CF. There are approximately 30,00018 children and adults that are living with this disorder. Now that scientists have found the gene in which CF is located, new medicines and new therapies will hopefully be invented. Perhaps in the next century, we can say that cystic fibrosis is completely abolished. Maybe the new medications and therapies won't have to be as painful as they are now. Why should these individuals with CF be made to suffer in order to get better. Frank Deford says about chest physiotherapy and the disease, "Two thousands times I had to beat my sick child, make her cry and plead...and in the end for what?"
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