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Yes, it is a genetic, inherited disease where a child must receive 2 alleles for cystic fibrosis in order to exhibit symptoms. If a child only receives one of the recessive alleles, they are known as a carrier because they have the ability to pass that gene on to their children.
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∙ 12y agoCystic fibrosis is considered a rare disease. There are about 30,000 people in the United States and 70,000 people worldwide with CF. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States.
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∙ 11y agoCystic fibrosis affects 30,000 in the US and 70,000 in the rest of the world.
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Is cystic fibrosis a viral disease?
No. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease.
Is it true or false that cystic fibrosis is a transmittable disease in the lungs?
Cystic Fibrosis is not contagouse because it is a genetic dissorder (you can only have it if you have the genes that give people CF)
What disease is called by a genetic mutation?
cystic fibrosis
What genetic disorder causes a defective gene that makes proteins necessary to pump chloride in and out of cells?
Cystic Fibrosis
The disease cystic fibrosis involves a genetic defect that interferes with the packaging and shipping of cell products This defect directly inhibits the function of which organelle?
Golgi apparatus
Is cystic fibrosis a viral disease?
No. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease.
Is this true Cystic fibrosis is a viral disease?
No. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease.
What types of disease is cystic fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. A+ neuromuscular disease
Is cystic fibrosis infectious or nonifectious?
Cystic fibrosis is not an infectious disease, it is a genetic disease.
How do you start a topic sentence if its about Cystic fibrosis?
What is cystic fibrosis? Cystic fibrosis is a life threatening disease.
Is cystic fibrosis caused by a virus?
No. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease.
What is the most common fatal genetic disease in the United states?
cystic fibrosis (:cystic fibrosis :)cystic fibrosis ^-^
Is cystic fibrosis an autosomal disease?
Yes, cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease.
Is cystic fibrosis viral?
No. Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.
Is cystic fibrosis a dominant or co-dominant disorder?
It is autosomal recessive and it is not a disorder! Cystic Fibrosis is a disease.
What is most the common fatal genetic disease in US?
cystic fibrosis
What disease is most common for white people?
Cystic fibrosis
