Meet William Elder Jr., a guest of the First Lady at the State of the Union

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When Bill Elder was only eight years old, most doctors wouldn’t have expected him to live long. At the time, most cystic fibrosis patients were only expected to live to early adulthood.

But thanks to a unique collaboration between the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, patients, researchers, and a pharmaceutical company, Bill — now 27 — is a graduate of Stanford University, a third-year medical student in Ohio, and is expecting to live a long, very full life.

Read the article from the White House Blog.