The performance of the protein structure prediction server pro-sp3-TASSER in CASP8 is described. Compared to CASP7, the major improvement in prediction is in the quality of input models to TASSER. These improvements are due to the PRO-SP(3) threading method, the improved quality of contact predictions provided by TASSER_2.0, multiple short TASSER simulations for building the full-length model, ...

We demonstrate numerically that the theoretical maximum sensitivity of a ring-coupled Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) optimized as a sensor is about 30% greater than the optimized sensitivity of a conventional single-bus ring sensor with an identical ring perimeter and loss. The ring-coupled MZI sensor also achieves its greater sensitivity with a 25% lower circulating power, which is useful f...

Sedum middendorffianum Maxim (SMM) is a Korean endemic plant belonging to the Crassulaceae family. This study aimed investigate antitumor effects of SMM extract on human ovarian cancer cells. Among five plants grown in Korea, showed most potent cytotoxicity cells and had little effect normal surface epithelial Furthermore, we revealed that dose-dependently induced apoptosis A2780 SKOV3 The mark...

Osteosarcoma is a highly malignant primary tumor on bone that mainly attacks children and young adolescents. Until now, osteosarcoma therapy still combines some high costs invasive modalities may give side effects, such as pain nausea. Our previous studies suggested non-contact electric field has anti-proliferative effect breast cancer cells, in vitro vivo. In this study, we were interested stu...

background: in this study, the protective effect of thymoquinone (tq) and nigella sativa seeds oil (nso) was evaluated against oxidative damages induced by ethanol in rats. methods: animals were treated with ethanol 40% daily by gavages once a day for 4 weeks. nso and tq were injected intraperitoneal once a day for 4 weeks. the histopathological examination of liver, kidney, brain and heart was...