How Can You Get Cystic Fibrosis?

Subject(s): Biology | Age: 14-16 | Type: Video | Publication Year: 2010 to date

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Produced by Nowgen, with support from the Wellcome Trust, this short video clip is an animation written by a student who has cystic fibrosis (CF). The animation helps to explain the genetic basis of the disorder.

The short animation covers:
• How CF is caused by a faulty CFTR gene (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator gene).
• How a carrier can appear normal but still have one copy of the faulty gene.
• How a person who suffers from CF has inherited two faulty genes from their parents.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx7uq

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