Back in 1989, a giddy optimism swept overnresearchers, patients, and the public whennthe cystic fibrosis (CF) genome and itsnabnormality—a single error in a quarter ofna million genetic letters—became one of thenfirst discovered. The NIH made CF a priority,nand researchers at various institutionsnand pharmaceutical companies movednquickly on the news.
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