[Expert Solution]: Alice gives birth to a baby she names Anthea

Alice gives birth to a baby she names Anthea. Although Anthea appears healthy at birth, after three months she starts having bouts of odd, rapid eye movement. Then she has her first seizure. Alice brings Anthea to the doctor, and after tests are performed she is eventually diagnosed with GLUT1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS). GLUT1-DS is a genetic illness whose symptoms are a result of a malformed GLUT1 transport protein. GLUT1 is a transport protein which transports glucose down its concentration gradient from the blood and into the endothelial cells which make up the blood brain barrier. In patients with GLUT1-DS, GLUT1 is mutated so less glucose crosses the blood brain barrier meaning there is less glucose for the brain to use as fuel. As a result, neurological symptoms such as seizures, and cognitive impairment develop. Question 1 (1 Woint) GLUT-DS is entirely a genetic disease. Thus, it contradicts the original Germ Theory of Disease, which stated that disease is caused by bacterial infection. However, the modern Theory of Disease has been amended to account for genetic illnesses by stating that only some disease is caused by bacterial infection. Which of the following is true of scientific theories?