inherited disease

"The only step to really improve the life of patients with inherited disease is to find out what the primary cause is. We now can attack the effects of this mutation potentially at multiple levels."

Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease that mainly affects the lungs and digestive system.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that causes sticky, thick mucus to build up in the lungs and other organs, causing persistent infections that can be deadly.

These include inherited diseases that lead to ataxia, or loss of muscle control, and early-onset dementia.

Whileexposure to a single substance like DDT has been shown to create inherited disease susceptibility, a recent study in animals found exposure to multiple different toxicants across generations can amplify those health problems.