[DOC] [TLE] Cystic Fibrosis - KidsHealth [PAR] Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that causes the body to produce 
mucus ... disease caused by mutations (changes) in a gene on chromosome 7, 
one of the ... A person with CF produces abnormal CFTR protein  or no CFTR 
protein at all, ... Since researchers identified the gene that causes CF in 1989, 
they have... [DOC] [TLE] Cystic fibrosis - Wikipedia [PAR] Cause. CF is caused by a mutation in the gene cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). ... Thus, CF is considered an autosomal recessive disease. The CFTR gene, found at the q31.2 locus of chromosome 7, is 230,000 base pairs long, and creates a protein that is 1,480 amino acids long. [DOC] [TLE] Genetic Disorders facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Make research projects and school reports about Genetic Disorders easy with ... 
Figure 5.1 shows the cystic fibrosis gene and its location on chromosome 7; 
Figure 5.2 ... PKU is an inherited error of metabolism caused by a deficiency in 
the ..... In 1989 the CF gene was identified, and in 1991 it was cloned and 
sequenced. [DOC] [TLE] The Cystic Fibrosis Gene: A Molecular Genetic Perspective - NCBI [PAR] In fact, genetic linkage for disease gene identification was not broadly ... 1985), 
rumor spread that the CF gene was localized to chromosome 7 (Newmark 1985). 
... 1989a). The gene was named cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance ... 
The status of CFTR as the CF-causing gene was confirmed earlier, however, by 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Cystic Fibrosis and Gene Therapy [PAR] Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common fatal genetic disease in the United ... The 
specific gene responsible for CF was identified in 1989 on human chromosome 7 
... Because CF causes abnormal levels of salt in sweat, the salt content is ... 
Before gene therapy can be used to treat CF patients, researchers must find a 
better... [DOC] [TLE] CF Genetics: The Basics | CF Foundation [PAR] Learn the basic genetics behind cystic fibrosis, including the effects that CF gene 
... are considered CF carriers and do not have the disease, but they can pass 
their copy ... In people with CF, mutations in the CF gene cause the CFTR protein 
to ... The CF gene was discovered in 1989 on chromosome pair 7 -- volume 7 in 
our... [DOC] [TLE] Cystic Fibrosis | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 25, 2013 ... Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal, inherited disease found in humans and 
characterized ... Alcohol Syndrome, CF does not cause characteristic visible 
abnormalities. ... CFTR gene in 1989 along with his team of researchers at The 
Hospital for ... cause for CF while analyzing the genes on human chromosome 7. [DOC] [TLE] Scientists Develop New Techniques To Track Down Defects in Genes [PAR] Sep 12, 1989 ... In conventional genetic research, scientists try to identify the gene that causes a 
particular ailment. But they can do that only if they know what protein 
abnormalities are ... diseases caused by single defective genes, said Dr. Francis 
Collins, ... chromosome 7 and compared them with DNA from cystic fibrosis... [DOC] [TLE] Human Chromosome Characteristics - The Chromosome 7 ... [PAR] In our vision, the DNA sequence of chromosome 7 should be made available in a 
.... suggesting a disease causing cancer gene resides on chromosome 7 (gene 
not ... gene (CFTR), which was eventually identified in 1989 by the same group. 
... 7 and the human genome project emerged from the cystic fibrosis gene hunt. [DOC] [TLE] Human genetics: One gene, twenty years : Nature News [PAR] Jul 8, 2009 ... When the cystic fibrosis gene was found in 1989, therapy seemed ... Their hunt 
for the cause of cystic fibrosis had reached a gene that ... Geneticists have been 
interested in cystic fibrosis since the disease was first identified in the 1930s. ... 
with chromosomal abnormalities that pointed to the gene's position. [DOC] [TLE] Human chromosome 7 circa 2004: a model for structural and ... [PAR] In 1985, the cystic fibrosis gene was mapped to chromosome 7 (3), setting off ... 
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Question: In 1989 researchers identified the abnormal gene on chromosome 7 that causes CF, this disease
Answer: cystic fibrosis