Sentences with phrase «european cystic fibrosis»

About Blog The Journal of Cystic Fibrosis is the official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society.

He was the local host of the 1995 HUGO Mutation Detection Course in Brno, the 2005 European Society of Human Genetics conference and of the 2008 European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, both held in Prague.

He is also the Vice President of the European Society of Human Genetics, board member of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology and of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society.

The research is part of a joint task force between the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS).

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In 1989 when scientists discovered the defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a serious hereditary disorder that primarily strikes children of European descent, it seemed as though a long - hoped - for cure might soon follow.

Cystic fibrosis affects about 1 in 2500 children of north European descent.

Professor Stuart Elborn, Dean of the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University, and the European lead on the study, said: «This is a very significant breakthrough for people with cystic fibrosis.

Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Regensburg University, both in Germany, and the University of Lisboa, in Portugal, have discovered a promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis.

Several methodological approaches have been developed for NIPD of cystic fibrosis, which is the most common life shortening, childhood onset autosomal recessive disorder in populations of European descent.