Training presents a prime opportunity to expand the knowledge base of all employees, but many employers find the development opportunities expensive. Employees also miss out on work time while attending training sessions, which may delay the completion of projects.
Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease caused by defects in the CFTR gene, which encodes for a protein that functions as a chloride channel, and also regulates the flow of other ions across the apical surface of epithelial cells.
Although the phenylalanine 508 mutation is the most common one, hundreds of others have now been identified in people with cystic fibrosis. As is true of the 508 mutation, many of these changes block the protein from making its way to the cell membrane.