"Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease based on the abnormal protein CFTR. If a person with CF receives a double-lung transplant, would the new lungs be expected to develop CF?"
Since it is a genetic disease, wouldn't the abnormal protein CFTR be something that is regulated by transcription/genetics and thus a transplant wouldn't help?
The solution is listed as D because the transplant lung cells "presumably have normal-functioning CFTR and therefore, new lungs should not be subject to the development of CF."
Since it is a genetic disease, wouldn't the abnormal protein CFTR be something that is regulated by transcription/genetics and thus a transplant wouldn't help?
The solution is listed as D because the transplant lung cells "presumably have normal-functioning CFTR and therefore, new lungs should not be subject to the development of CF."