Hepatitis C is liver inflammation and damage caused by infection with the hepatitis C virus. Hep C can cause a mild illness that lasts a short time (acute) or a serious illness that can last the rest ...

Figure 1: Clinical features of PLS. To confirm that the mutations were pathological, we undertook functional studies. We were able to obtain fresh blood from affected individuals in families 4 and 5.

'Inheritance through homology' is the most common and generally more accessible approach to function prediction, but orthology should be established where possible to improve confidence in predictions ...