Is CF genetically transferred or can you just or do you just end up getting it?

Question: Is CF genetically transferred or can you just or do you just end up getting it?
- Keywords:
  CF,
  cystic fibrosis,
  gene,
  inherited,
  spread
Asked by pratiksha21 to Rika on 15 Jun 2011.
- Chandrika Nair answered on 15 Jun 2011:
  
  CF is a genetic disease. You can only get it if both your parents are carriers. (most CF patients are sterile)

pratiksha21 commented on 20 Jun 2011:

errr….my vocabulary is rubbish. what does sterile mean?

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Question: Is CF genetically transferred or can you just or do you just end up getting it?