1. Eric Sorscher directs the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cystic Fibrosis Research Center (USA) and performs studies concerning molecular pathogenesis of this disease. His own laboratory investigates the structure and function of the gene product responsible for cystic fibrosis (i.e., the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator [CFTR]), and also evaluates new approaches to therapy, including molecular correction of mutant CFTR, activation of alternate chloride secretory pathways in cystic...