I received this from the guys at the Vancouver CCFF today and I thought it well worth posting here so that you can know that there are real and tangible advance being made in CF providing very real hope for people every day.
Your sponsorship helps directly to make a difference and continue this positive trend.
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Making a Difference
The work being done by the Foundation and Chapter volunteers is funding important research that’s making a very real difference in CF treatment. The progress made over the past four decades speaks for itself.
1960 Life expectancy for children with CF is four years of age.
1979 Only 13% of CF patients registered at clinics are adults.
1989 Canadian scientists discover the defective gene responsible for CF.
1995 The median age of survival for a person with CF is now 31 years of age.
2000 Over 45% of all Canadians with CF were 18 years, or older. Cystic fibrosis is no longer only a children’s disease.
2003 Median age of survival reaches 35.9 years of age.
2004 Median age of survival reaches 37 years of age.
Researchers have identified over 1000 mutations of the gene responsible for CF and are now researching other genes which may be additional modifiers for how the body handles CF.
Raising money for cystic fibrosis by cycling 