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Science 18 April 1969:
Vol. 164. no. 3877, pp. 325 - 326
DOI: 10.1126/science.164.3877.325
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Oyster Ciliary Inhibition by Cystic Fibrosis Factor

Barbara H. Bowman 1, Lillian H. Lockhart 1, and Michael L. McCombs 1

1 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550

Ciliary inhibition in oysters serves as an assay in identifying a serum factor in cystic fibrosis patients and heterozygotes. Seriums from 47 patients With cystic fibrosis antd 19 heterozygotes caused ciliary cessation within 35 minutes, whereas serums from only 2 of 64 individuals without cystic fibrosis inhibited ciliary activity within this time.


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