g glioblastomas and/or inform patient selection criteria in clinical trials of glioblastoma radiation.

To evaluate the potential of cone-beam-CT (CB-CT) guided adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for sparing of surrounding organs-at-risk (OAR).

In 10 patients with locally advanced NSCLC,…[Read more]

As soon as saliva contacts the teeth surface, salivary proteins adhere to the tooth surface to form acquired salivary pellicle. The formation of this acquired salivary pellicle is a dynamic and selective process of macromolecular adsorption and desorption. Although acquired salivary pellicle contains proteins and peptides, it also contains lipids,…[Read more]

To better understand the role of cd63 in the zebrafish immune system, we established cd63-deficient zebrafish lines using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) system. A 19 bp insertion mutation was generated in single guide RNA (sgRNA) target sequence of exon 3 of the cd63 gene, to…[Read more]

To assess the reporting quality of split-mouth trials (SMTs) in orthodontic journals, and to identify factors associated with better reporting.

Seven leading orthodontic journals were hand searched for SMTs published during 2015-19. The CONSORT 2010 guideline and CONSORT for within-person trial (WPT) extension were used to assess the trial…[Read more]

As the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic keep tackling global public health systems worldwide. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) genome keeps mutating. In that regard, the recent emergence of the B.1.1.7 lineage in the UK has called the attention of global authorities. One point of concern is that if this lineage can…[Read more]

One of the most important steps in modeling three-dimensional (3D) structures of proteins is the evaluation of the constructed models. The present study suggests that the correctness of a structure may be tested by using the characteristics of sequential dihedral angles (SDAs) between adjacent alpha-carbons (Cα) in the main chains of proteins.…[Read more]