Canadian teen finds potential cure for cystic fibrosis
2,926 views · Published 17 May 2011 · 1:18 · Indexed 7 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2011 · News & Politics
DOWNLOAD HERE: ANIMATION WITH VOICE OVER: http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/SingleItem.aspx?asset_id=OEM_20110516_OINT_004 ANIMATION ONLY: http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/SingleItem.aspx?asset_id=OEM_20110516_OINT_006_V1 Canadian teenager Marshall Zhang won first prize at a science competition for finding a potential cure for cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic illness that is caused by a mutated gene on chromosome 7. The mutated gene produces a defective protein that causes mucus and sweat in victims to be denser than in healthy individuals. Zhang suspected that a combination of two drugs would work better than single-drug therapy, as the drugs worked on different parts of the protein. He used the Canadian SCINET supercomputing system to test his theory, and when he tested it on living cells the results were better than he had predicted.
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