Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is an established method for studying the conformational changes that are important for protein function. Recent advances in hardware and software have allowed MD simulations over the same timescales as experiment, improving the agreement between theory and experiment to a large extent. However, running such simulations are costly, in terms of resources, stora...

Current research into regeneration of the nervous system has focused on defining the molecular events that occur during regeneration. One well-characterized system for studying nerve regeneration is the sciatic nerve of rat. Numerous studies have characterized the sequence of events that occur after a crush injury to the sciatic nerve (Cajal 1928; Hall 1989). These events include axon and myeli...

Taenia solium, T. saginata, and T. asiatica are taeniid tapeworms that cause taeniasis in humans and cysticercosis in intermediate host animals. Taeniases remain an important public health concerns in the world. Molecular diagnostic methods using PCR assays have been developed for rapid and accurate detection of human infecting taeniid tapeworms, including the use of sequence-specific DNA probe...