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Why do some carry the cystic fibrosis mutation?

Why do 10 million Americans carry the genetic mutation that causes cystic fibrosis, even though they don’t have the frequently fatal lung disease?

The answer could lie in 2,500-year-old bones from Europe being tested at the State Laboratory of Hygiene.

An international effort, led by Dr. Phil Farrell, a pediatric pulmonologist from UW-Madison, is analyzing bones from ancient Celtic people.