Lauren Meiss was diagnosed with an incurable disease when she was three months old. The biomedical engineering senior lives every day with cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes mucus to clog the lungs and allows bacteria to build in the airways…In addition to being a full-time honors student and research intern at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Meiss is also a pianist and singer.

State Press (ASU), 11/1/11

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