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Bob Flanagan was an American performance artist, stand-up comic, poet and a lifelong sufferer from cystic fibrosis. He was also a masochist who found that his sado-masochistic experiences helped him manage...
Cystic Fibrosis is an autosomal recessive condition which results in severe respiratory, digestive and other health problems. Although management has improved considerably in the past 20 years it is still a...
Traces the Loughran family’s experience of cystic fibrosis, which threatens the life of 15-year-old Sheila, who could be helped by living donor lung transplatation, using parts of two sibling’s lungs....
Discusses the symptoms, diagnostic testing, treatment and biochemical basis of cystic fibrosis (CF), an autosomal recessive condition that results in severe respiratory, digestive and other health problems....
Outlines the principles of genetic engineering and looks at its application to the study and treatment of three major inherited diseases: haemophilia A, Huntington’s disease and cystic fibrosis.
Sean Conroy, a 21-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer, volunteered to be a guinea pig for the first British trial of a new gene therapy to affect the incurable lung disease. Looks at research teams in London...
A fictional dramatisation about the recurring hope of a cure for cystic fibrosis. It features the birthdays of a boy with CF who grows into a teenager. At each birthday the gift of a cure gets closer but not...
Part 1 (13 min): Explains how hereditary diseases can be passed on,and how cystic fibrosis can lead to digestive, nutritional and respiratory difficulties. Looks at symptoms and diagnosis of cystic fibrosis,...
An animated film narrated by 15-year-old girl who gives a very personalised account of her life with cystic fibrosis. She talks openly about her treatment, which includes physiotherapy, enzymes and a...
Looks at four recessively inherited disorders relevant to multi-ethnic communities - cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disorders, thalassaemia and Tay-Sachs disease. it features services available to the primary...
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