The Tragedy of the Cystic Fibrosis Cure

JMP offers a 30-day free trial for anyone, anywhere. Go to https://www.jmp.com/scishow to see the benefits of visual statistics for yourself. For most of the time we've known about cystic fibrosis, it's been a death sentence. But in the last decade, there have been incredible breakthroughs in treatment options that mean most people with cystic fibrosis can become essentially symptom-free. Here's how it works, the possible drawbacks, and what else we can do to treat this devastating illness. Hosted by: Deboki Chakravarti (she/her) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Shaji John, Timos Gies, Jon Coffman, Anita, Anne Herrington, Ashley Moquin, yeyette, David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, J.V. Rosenbalm, Blood Doctor Kelly, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Garrett Galloway, Friso, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Jaap Westera, Matt Curls, Eric Jensen, Chris Mackey, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman, Kevin Knupp, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTgw5dZGZCNnXYEg1gB1iJzjcYCfiqIUV-67rI0ZyfgAep9_79B2QFGb6bXEF10W5z6f_OQ7N_tRvKx/pub