Identification of <em>Staphylococcus intermedius</em> group by MALDI-TOF MS (Publications)
The Staphylococcus intermedius Group includes S. intermedius, S. pseudintermedius and S. delphini, coagulase-positive bacteria commonly isolated from animals. The identification of organisms belonging
IGF1 genotype, mean plasma level and breast cancer risk in the Hawaii/Los Angeles multiethnic cohort (Publications)
The insulin-like growth factor 1 gene (IGF1) is a strong candidate gene for a breast cancer susceptibility model. We investigated a dinucleotide repeat 969 bp upstream from the transcription start sit
First clinical trial of purified, irradiated malaria sporozoites in humans (Publications)
Evaluation of: Epstein JE, Tewari K, Lyke KE et al. Live attenuated malaria vaccine designed to protect through hepatic CD8 T cell immunity. Science 334(6055), 475-480 (2011). Purified, irradiated, me
Short Message Service (SMS) applications for disease prevention in developing countries (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The last decade has witnessed unprecedented growth in the number of mobile phones in the developing world, thus linking millions of previously unconnected people. The ubiquity of mobile ph
Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a European cohort of young adults (Publications)
RATIONALE: Few studies have investigated the factors associated with the early inception of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVE: We investigated COPD risk factors in an internation
Sexual compatibility among <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> isolates from an epidemic area in southeastern Uganda (Publications)
For the first time, two clones of Trypanosoma brucei from the same epidemic area in southeastern Uganda were successfully crossed. The cotransmission experiments were as close to natural conditions as
Disesquiterpene and sesquiterpene coumarins from <em>Ferula pseudalliacea</em>, and determination of their absolute configurations (Publications)
The first disesquiterpene coumarin, sanandajin, five sesquiterpene coumarins, kamolonol acetate, fekrynol acetate, ethyl galbanate, methyl galbanate, farnesiferol B, and a sesquiterpene, aristolone, w
Pyrocoll, an antibiotic, antiparasitic and antitumor compound produced by a novel alkaliphilic streptomyces strain (Publications)
A new secondary metabolite was detected in the culture extract of Streptomyces sp. AK 409 by HPLC-diode-array screening. The metabolite was identified as pyrocoll, which is known to be a constituent o
