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Recent advances in developing therapeutics for cystic fibrosis.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 2018
Strug Lisa J, Stephenson Anne L, Panjwani Naim, Harris Ann
Abstract excerpt
Despite hope that a cure was imminent when the causative gene was cloned nearly 30 years ago, cystic fibrosis (CF [MIM: 219700]) remains a life-shortening disease affecting more than 70 000 individuals worldwide. However, within the last 6 years the Food and Drug Administration's approval of Ivacaftor, the first drug that corrects the defective cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein [CFTR...
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