Bernie Siegel

When one teenager dying of cystic fibrosis asked me, 'Why am I different?' I answered, 'Tony, because it makes you beautiful.' He loved my answer because he knew full well how much he had done for the world and that he would be immortal through his love and the fund raising of those who knew him hoping to find a cure for cystic fibrosis.

American Writer

John Lloyd Young

My mother died of cystic fibrosis before I knew her. I was two years old, and I don't remember her. I do remember, though, when it was just my father and me, before he met the woman who would become the mother who raised me, before my younger sister, Gillian. It was just the two of us, and he was my whole world.

American Actor

Lili Reinhart

I have cystic acne, and sometimes when I have a breakout, it triggers me back to that time when I was a teen and I feel so self-conscious - like the whole world is looking at my bad skin. I've definitely not gone out of the house because of a breakout, which is horrible.

American Actress

Frank Deford

Because I lost a daughter, eight years old, to cystic fibrosis, I think that anytime that I'm dealing with people who, like Andrea Yeager, are trying to help those sick children, I identify very much with them.

Francis Collins

My own area of expertise is the genetics of human disease. I was fortunate to be part of the team that found the genes for cystic fibrosis, and Huntington's disease and neurofibromatosis.

American Scientist

Dale Murphy

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.

American Athlete

Yvonne Strahovski

I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat.

Australian Actress

George M. Church

A scenario is, everyone takes gene therapy - not just curing rare diseases like cystic fibrosis, but diseases that everyone has, like aging.

Huda Kattan

Iraqi Entertainer

Bill Kaulitz

German Musician

Cyst usually refers to a health issue, and demands a serious tone when discussed.

Medical Condition

Cysts are typically benign but may need medical attention if causing discomfort.

Non-cancerous

Cysts can cause pain or other symptoms depending on their location and size.

Physical Discomfort

In biology, cysts are a survival mechanism for organisms, not a disease.

Biological Survival

Cysts in biology often protect and help spread the species.

Protection Strategy

Biological cysts are microscopic and may not be visible to the naked eye.

Not Always Visible

 obviously the fantastic applications of your research and why it's so important but the other side of it I guess is this side that people mostly associate with venom is that it is deadly so can we talk a little bit about the different types of the venom you know they're in a jellyfish house in a matter cyst how does that work compared to like a snake

Lifesaving Medicines...

 Building wearing the stupidest hat I have ever seen in my life it was awesome and you had a big sign promoting Shina ramen which is students fighting cystic fibrosis the charity I've worked with for years and you had a bucket full of lollipops and you were walking along and you were handing the lollipops out to people in line and

Everyday leadership -...

 And they knew those cysts we're going to be a problem but she was too old to anaesthetize and put under to work on. So, we got there this summer, rolled out the black velvet photographed her, sweetest rhino ever. And at the end of the shoot, she was tired and she laid down and went to sleep. And she died seven days later.

Saving Animals Through...

 Well, let's just have a quick look at the malaria life cycle. So it's quite complex, but basically, what happens is a mosquito has to bite somebody to become infected. Once it bites an infected person, the parasite travels through the mouth part into the gut and then bursts through the gut, creates cysts,

How we're using dogs to...

 of a drug that precisely targets the defect in cystic fibrosis based upon all this molecular understanding. That's the good news. The bad news is, this drug doesn't actually treat all cases of cystic fibrosis, and it won't work for Danny, and we're still waiting for that next generation to help him.

Francis Collins: We need...

 and that mosquito lives its normal life, it dies on land and it gets eaten by a cricket. And the worm cyst actually knows when it's inside of a cricket and that's when it knows, it can start developing. That's how the life cycle continues. This is an ant that has been infected by

Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...

 precisely targets the defect in cystic fibrosis based upon all this molecular understanding that's the good news the bad news is this drug doesn't actually treat all cases of cystic fibrosis and it won't work for Danny and we're still waiting for that next generation to help

We need better drugs --...

 aeruginosa this is the bacterium that kills people who have cystic fibrosis it kills immune compromised people and it causes effect infections when you get a catheter a stent or a breathing tube and the reason Pseudomonas is so virulent is because of this chemical

Quorum sensing: Bacteria...

 cystic fibrosis. We have no cure for it, we don't know how to solve it, and it's just two letters of difference from what we are. A wonderful book, a mighty book, a mighty book that helped me understand and show you something quite remarkable.

How to read the genome...

 something that I'm born with it's not something that I contracted and it's also something that you can't catch cystic fibrosis is the name for me it's personally been a helping hand you know