From Death Sentence to Manageable Condition

In the 1970s, a young medical student, Mike Welsh, was deeply moved by a girl with cystic fibrosis struggling to breathe. This encounter led him to pursue pulmonary research, focusing on chloride movement in lung cells. His empathetic nature, shaped by his farm-raised mother, drove him to find breakthroughs. Patients like William ONeal, a Black boy diagnosed at birth, faced constant illness and isolation. In 1989, the faulty gene causing cystic fibrosis was identified, and Welsh began working on recreating and fixing the CFTR protein in the lab. His persistent experiments have transformed cystic fibrosis into a manageable condition, extending lives significantly.

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