All donations to Cystic Fibrosis
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust funds research into a cure for Cystic Fibrosis, the UK's most common life-threatening inherited disease. To make a donations go to www.justgiving.com/allisterbrown_gwr
All money raised will help fund research into treating and curing Cystic Fibrosis. It will also help provide support, advice and appropriate clinical care to the 8,000 babies, children and young adults with Cystic Fibrosis in the UK.
This section is for information about Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the UK's most common life-threatening inherited disease.
Cystic Fibrosis affects over 8,000 people in the UK. Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes
Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population. If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.
Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus.This makes it hard to breathe and digest food. Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis. Each week, three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis.
Average life expectancy is around 31 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live for longer.