Cause of Disease X Welcome! You are encouraged to register with the site and login (for free). When you register, you support the site and your question history is saved.Disease X has afflicted cattle and cut into ranchers' profits. A genetic cause of the disease has been identified, as well as a gene therapy that can completely eradicate the cause of the disease in cattle. By applying this gene therapy to their cattle and eradicating the genetic susceptibility to the disease, ranchers will be able to carry on business in the future without incidence of Disease X in their cattle. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? The gene therapy will not cause any defects in cattle. All cases of Disease X are equally severe. There are no treatments of Disease X that are more effective than the gene therapy in question. There are no diseases other than Disease X that currently threaten the cattle. There are no precursors to or triggers of Disease X, genetic or otherwise, other than the one targeted by the new gene therapy. Review Answer