New Windows-based tools for life-sciences

[David Gallagher <dgallagher()at()cachesoftware.com>]

 New BioCAChe & BioMedCAChe 6.0 release on Windows

 The CAChe Group of Fujitsu is pleased to announce a new release of
 BioMedCAChe version 6.0 and the new BioCAChe 6.0 (= BioMedCAChe without
 QSAR). 

 BioMedCAChe 6.0 Enhancements:
 *  Identify conserved residues with Automatic Sequence
 Alignment
 *  Locate potential binding sites on proteins with Crevice Maps
 
 *  Identify active sites with automatic sequence matching
 *  Display hydrophilic & hydrophobic areas on protein Surfaces
 
 *  Simplify ligand design & modification with Ligand Pocket
 Surfaces 
 *  Compare ligand docking scores with Automatic H-bond & Bump
 Labeling 
 *  Simplify analysis of proteins with Ribbons & Curls
 Displays  
 *  More accurate protein/ligand geometries with new MM & MD
 parameters

 Also new for 6.0 is a Protein Tutorial with chapters on:
 *  Importing and Cleaning Protein Crystal Structures
 *  Viewing and Analyzing Proteins, Ligands, and their
 Complexes
 *  Docking Ligands into Proteins
 *  Discovering Active Sites of Homologous Proteins by Sequence
 Alignment 

 Customers with current support contracts for BioMedCAChe can expect to
 receive a free copy of the new version by mail during the next few
 weeks.  CAChe users without support may upgrade for a nominal
 fee.  To find out more, contact sales()at()cachesoftware.com or visit
 www.CACheSoftware.com