Who says the British Press isn’t all yellow? “Doctors have begun trials using gene therapy to treat patients for cystic fibrosis.” So proclaims an April 19 story in the Guardian (“Cystic fibrosis to be treated by gene therapy technology”). “Cystic fibrosis gene cure closer,” reads a Februrary 2009 BBC headline.
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“‘We are not curing the condition,’ stressed scientist Dr. Deborah Gill. ‘We will merely be halting the erosion of patients’ lung function.'”(photo credit: Lisabuddka 2008)