According to a medical definition, hepatitis C is a blood-borne, infectious, viral disease that is caused by a hepatotropic virus called Hepatitis C virus (HCV).The virus infection can lead to liver inflammation and liver cancer. There is only one well know treatment for Hepatitis C, called interferon. This medication is used to treat the virus. Some patients respond to the treatment, while others don't.
Researchers from the Institute of Evolution of the University of Haifa, and Indiana University discovered a mathematical method that identified 37 genes that would fight thehepatitis C virus and the genes are key for patient response to treatment.
However, the mathematical model is not limited to identifying the genes which fight viruses that attack the liver. It can also be applied further in the fields of medicine, biology and agriculture.
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