Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Diseases
- Bloom’s Syndrome (BS)
- Canavan Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Familial Dysautonomia (FD)
- Familial Hyperinsulinism
- Fanconi Anemia Type C
- Gaucher Disease Type 1
- Glycogen Storage Disorder Type 1A (GSD 1A)
- Joubert Syndrome Type 2
- Lipoamide Dehydrogenase Deficiency (E3)
- Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
- Mucolipidosis Type 4 (ML4)
- Nemaline Myopathy
- Niemann-Pick Disease Type A
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Usher Syndrome Type 3
- Usher Syndrome Type I
- Walker Warburg Syndrome (WWS)
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jewish Genetic Diseases
- Alpha-Thalassemia
- Ataxia Telangiectasia
- Beta-Thalassemia
- Corticosterone Methyloxidase Type II Deficiency
- Costeff Optical Atrophy
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Familial Tumoral Calcinosis (Normophosphatemic Type)
- Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydogenase Deficiency (G6PD)
- Inclusion Body Myopathy 2
- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2B
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD)
- Polyglandular Deficiency Syndrome
- Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
- Wolman Disease
Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Cystic Fibrosis is a chronic, progressive disorder causing the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and impairs other organ functions. While severity is variable, most affected individuals face frequent lung infections, fat malabsorption, poor growth, and infertility in males. The median age of survival is in the mid-30s. Shortened life expectancy. Physical impairment.
