Cystic Fibrosis 2

Title: Cystic Fibrosis 2
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Cystic Fibrosis 2

Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease that is present at birth and is characterized by chronic lung infections and the inability to absorb fats and other nutrients from food. When Cystic Fibrosis was first identified in the 1930's, it claimed the lives of almost all of its victoms. Now with medical technology, over two-thirds of "CF" patients live well into their adult life, however few of them are in perfect health. Cystic Fibrosis, …showed first 75 words of 1129 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1129 total…it can creat an incurable deformity. In many cultures it is the answer for couples who wish to have the preferred males, in others it is considered playing god, a moral sin. The wholsale of human life raises a fundimental question, presented by Nobil Laureate biologist, Dr. Salvador Lauria when he questions, "When does a repaired or manufactured man stop being a man... and become a robot, an object, and industrial product?" (Manipulating Life, pg 12).

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