How a Pharmaceutical Company Developed a Breakthrough Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis

Good News Notes: “In June 1989, Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui and Dr. Francis Collins, two geneticists, pinpointed the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene.” “In the decade that followed, scientists experimented with gene therapy, a method of replacing defective genes with healthy ones, but to no avail.” “Eventually, in…