Cholera Is a Bacterial Disease, in Which Fatal Dehydration Can

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Cholera is a bacterial disease, in which fatal dehydration can occur due to loss of water into the intestines. Cystic fibrosis is a human genetic disease characterized by excess mucus buildup on the linings of the lungs, making breathing difficult. Cholera acts on intestine cells to force water transport out of the cells and the body. Cystic fibrosis has an abnormal CFTR transport protein that limits water transport out of the cells and the body.
-What hypothesis was tested by researcher Sherif Gabriel and his colleagues?

• A) Does defective CFTR make people more sensitive to cholera?
• B) Does cholera causes cystic fibrosis?
• C) Does cholera increase the risk of transmission of cystic fibrosis?
• D) Does defective CFTR give people natural resistance to cholera?

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