Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide: Cystic Fibrosis in Japan

Cystic fibrosis (CF) has historically been recognized as a genetic disease that primarily affects people of Caucasian background. As a half Japanese person with CF, my twin and I always wondered why my Japanese mother carried the CF gene. As kids I even remember a nurse who told me, “You can’t possibly have CF, you’re not white!”…