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Education and empowerment would provide more equal access to care

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Ella, 28, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – a rare genetic disease which causes a build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive tract, and sinuses – at 18 months old. Once inhaled into the lungs, the virus sets about binding to and inserting its own DNA into the targeted bacteria. I was really sick.

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