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Highly effective modulator therapies for cystic fibrosis (CF) make it a treatable condition for many people. However, although CF respiratory illness occurs after birth, other organ systems particularly in the digestive tract are damaged before birth. We use an ovine model of CF to investigate the in utero origins of CF disease since the sheep closely mirrors critical aspects of human development.

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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator () gene. The F508del and G542X are the most common mutations found in US patients, accounting for 86.4% and 4.

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