Word: cystic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theoretically possible to detect such illnesses as sickle-cell anemia and cystic fibrosis," Orkin said. "All you have to find out is what to look for in the gene...
Rudman Ham, an official from the affiliate Children's Hospital, said the new law removes the risk that the state might permanently halt Children's Hospital's plans for building a cystic fibrosis research facility. He added the bill also eliminates the possibility the project will lose funds as a result of the time delay--up to three years--required to obtain a Certificate of Need...
...went on. Largely for that reason, Riegle became one of a small band of liberal anti-Nixon Republicans. He soon found himself dropped from the White House invitation list. He could not even get Nixon to pose with the little Michigan girl who had been chosen for the annual cystic fibrosis poster...
...fail to order the production of essential enzymes that trigger the body's biochemical reactions. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by the absence of the enzyme necessary for the metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine; as a result, toxins accumulate in the body and eventually cause convulsions and brain damage. Cystic fibrosis, which causes abnormal secretion by certain glands and respiratory-tract blockage that can lead to death by pneumonia, is the most common inborn error of metabolism; it is believed to be caused by a deficiency in a single gene...
Davis said yesterday that the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation and the National Foundation for Genetics and Neuro-muscular Diseases have recently launched a campaign to educate people and get support for continued work in the medical uses of genetics...