Once deadly, cystic fibrosis now treatable with breakthrough therapy | The Express Tribune

Cystic fibrosis was once a dire, likely deadly diagnosis, destroying a patient’s ability to breathe and digest food — but a revolutionary new treatment offers reason for hope. And on Thursday the three scientists who developed the clinical advance were awarded America’s most prestigious scientific award, taking home the Lasker prize. The top honor is…

some 100 000 people worldwide are estimated to suffer from cystic fibrosis in which sticky mucus builds up in the lungs digestive tract and other parts of the body photo pixabay