Diagnosis and treatment of cystic fibrosis in India: What is at stake for developing countries?

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening monogenic disease affecting thousands of people worldwide. Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is an ion channel that facilitates transportation of water and salts across epithelial cell membranes through the conductance of Cl- and other anions. A dysfunctional CFTR due to abnormalities in the cftr gene causes CF, which is believed to be a rare...

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