Bone Complications Due To Cystic Fibrosis Have A Genetic Cause, According To McGill University Study

ScienceDaily (Feb. 13, 2008) — A recent study by Dr Christina Haston, a researcher of the McGill University Health Centre research Institute, sheds some new light on the bone problems that generally accompany cystic fibrosis. Dr Haston’s study is pointing at genetics as contributing to this bone frailty, a finding which may have some implications in changing therapeutic practices.