Transmission electron microscopic observations on ultrastructural damage in juvenile <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> caused by artemether (Publications)
Artemether, a derivative of the antimalarial artemisinin, has been shown to induce rapid and extensive alteration to the tegument of juvenile Schistosoma japonicum, S. mansoni and S. haematobium. Less
Spatial-temporal and cancer risk assessment of selected hazardous air pollutants in Seattle (Publications)
In the Seattle Air Toxics Monitoring Pilot Program, we measured 15 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) at 6 sites for more than a year between 2000 and 2002. Spatial-temporal variations were evaluated wit
dUTPase as a platform for antimalarial drug design: structural basis for the selectivity of a class of nucleoside inhibitors (Publications)
Pyrimidine metabolism is a major route for therapeutic intervention against malaria. Here we report inhibition and structural studies on the deoxyuridine nucleotidohydrolase from the malaria parasite
Improved detection of <em>Rhodococcus coprophilus</em> with a new quantitative PCR assay (Publications)
Agricultural practices, such as spreading liquid manure or the utilisation of land as animal pastures, can result in faecal contamination of water resources. Rhodococcus coprophilus is used in microbi
Advances with the Chinese anthelminthic drug tribendimidine in clinical trials and laboratory investigations (Publications)
The anthelminthic drug tribendimidine has been approved by Chinese authorities for human use in 2004, and a first comprehensive review was published in Acta Tropica in 2005. Here, we summarise further