How to Use cystic fibrosis in a Sentence

cystic fibrosis

noun
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  • Flying can be risky for people with untreated cystic fibrosis.
    — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • So, the researchers obtained lung cells from a volunteer who has cystic fibrosis and cultured them in a way to form a three-dimensional tissue.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
  • The life span for someone with cystic fibrosis used to be about 30 years.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 July 2023
  • The West Allis team has won the cystic fibrosis climb held every fall for five years in a row.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2018
  • In its 25 years, the Lost Lake Run has raised more than $2.5 million for cystic fibrosis.
    — Alli Harvey, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Five Feet Apart, a film about two teens with cystic fibrosis.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Two of my friends had daughters who died of cystic fibrosis in their 20s.
    — Abby Alten Schwartz, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The two of them play cystic fibrosis patients who have to stay six feet apart from each other at all times.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 21 Feb. 2019
  • Lisle, who has cystic fibrosis, must stay in the hospital weeks at a time.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Your lab co-discovered the cystic fibrosis gene in 1989 amid hopes a cure would come soon.
    — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 31 Oct. 2022
  • In 1991 their son, Colin, who had cystic fibrosis, died in his arms.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • His son, Bobby, was born with cystic fibrosis and will be a senior at Dedham High School in the fall.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • All proceeds will go to the Lost Lake fundraiser in support of those with cystic fibrosis.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • The first was the 1960 death of his older brother Barry from cystic fibrosis.
    — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But advances in the treatment of the disease have led cystic fibrosis patients to live decades longer.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Charles Michael Duke, 23, was born with cystic fibrosis and was put on the transplant list after his lungs collapsed on stage.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • Decades ago, most cystic fibrosis sufferers died by the age of 5.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Pills that wrench decades of life from a cancer death sentence or ease the breathing of patients with cystic fibrosis.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Dalton, too, found her best friend, an 18-year-old cystic fibrosis patient who lives across the country, thanks to YouTube.
    — Travis McHenry, Marie Claire, 13 Mar. 2018
  • A couple in Texas was told not to wear masks when visiting a restaurant with a four-year-old son who has cystic fibrosis.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
  • For most of his life, he was hospitalized twice a year as a result of his cystic fibrosis.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 22 June 2022
  • The donation is to honor the memory of Cara Young who died in 2008 from cystic fibrosis.
    — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Their daughter, Pauline, who had cystic fibrosis, died in 1997.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Even for the most well-researched, monogenic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, there are vast gaps in our knowledge.
    — John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The pastor turned full-time artist buys glitter by the pound to illustrate his battle with cystic fibrosis.
    — Cara Anthony, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Haley plays 17-year-old Stella who has cystic fibrosis, a condition that means the body produces a thick mucus that can block air to the lungs.
    — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Haley plays 17-year-old Stella who has cystic fibrosis, a condition that means the body produces thick mucus that can block air to the lungs.
    — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The wish is also a dream come true for his family of five who is also getting a break from the hardship of living with cystic fibrosis.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Watt is a patient at the city’s famous kids’ hospital, where she has been treated with cystic fibrosis since she was born.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Andy Lipman, a 47-year-old Sandy Springs resident who has cystic fibrosis, is among them.
    — Johnny Edwards, ajc, 13 Aug. 2021

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