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If the Cystic Fibrosis cannot be prevented why cant this Cystic Fibrosis cant prevented?

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How can cystic fibrosis be prevented?
Cystic Fibrosis cannot be prevented. It is an inherited disease, so there is no possible way to prevent something inherited. One parent will be a carrier and so will the other parent, therefore...
How do parents who do not have cystic fibrosis produce a child who has cystic fibrosis?
"Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease. That means that if both parents have cystic fibrosis, so will any children that they have. If one parent has cystic fibrosis and the other...
How can a child with cystic fibrosis have two parents that do not have cystic fibrosis?
a child with cf has parents which 'carry' the cf gene therefore they do not have it
To be a cystic fibrosis carrier do your parents have to have a cystics fibrosis gene?
Yes, since the disease is a recessive inherted trait BOTH parents must carry the gene but not nessacarily have the disease itself. Approximately 30,000 people in the United States have cystic...
Why can't natural selection eliminate cystic fibrosis allele?
Eventually it probably will. However, as long as cystic fibrosis patients continue to enjoy reproducing as much as the next person, it probably won't.

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