You get cystic fibrosis because one protein that's made by your lung epithelium is not expressed properly.

得囊胞性纤维症的病因是,肺上皮细胞产生的一种蛋白,表达不正常

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Because of this, because cystic fibrosis is a disease that's caused by a single gene defect, there's been great interest in trying to treat cystic fibrosis with gene therapy.

就是因为如此,就因为囊胞性纤维症,是一种单基因病,人们对于用基因治疗,治愈囊胞性纤维症产生了很大的兴趣

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