Dr Muhammad Arshad, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, and Zoya Ali, University of Bradford, write about the genetics of cystic fibrosis and how best to treat the condition. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the commonest life-shortening, childhood-onset, heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorders that affects mainly the lungs and digestive system, causing progressive disability. The cystic fibrosis transmembrane [...]