Cystic Fibrosis

1. Cystic Fibrosis causes the body to produce a thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to infection, and blocks the pancreas from doing what it needs to. This process stops digestive enzymes from reaching the intestines where they are required to digest food.

2. The full name of Cystic Fibrosis is: cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (ATP-binding cassette sub-family C, member 7) and the Gene ID is 1080.

3. The encoded protein functions as a chloride channel and controls the regulation of other transport pathways.