Cystic Fibrosis is a serious inherited disease which affects 1 in every 2,500 children. It is a multi-organ disease which affects the lungs, liver, gut, pancreas and reproductive tissues, where symptoms include difficulty breathing, persistent coughing, frequent lung infections.
Many of those who have cystic fibrosis will die by their late 30’s from lung disease, with 1 in 25 people with Caucasian ancestry carrying (often unknowingly) a defective CF gene.