Near-roadway pollution and childhood asthma: implications for developing "win-win" compact urban development and clean vehicle strategies (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhou
Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World Health Organization's
Eleganolone, a Diterpene from the French marine alga <em>Bifurcaria bifurcata</em> inhibits growth of the human pathogens <em>Trypanosoma brucei</em>... (Publications)
Organic extracts of 20 species of French seaweed have been screened against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense trypomastigotes, the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness. These extracts have previous
Extensive remodeling of DC function by rapid maturation-induced transcriptional silencing (Publications)
The activation, or maturation, of dendritic cells (DCs) is crucial for the initiation of adaptive T-cell mediated immune responses. Research on the molecular mechanisms implicated in DC maturation has
Causes of hospital admission among people living with HIV worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Morbidity associated with HIV infection is poorly characterised, so we aimed to investigate the contribution of different comorbidities to hospital admission and in-hospital mortality in a
Somatic and germline diversification of a putative immunoreceptor within one phylum: dscam in arthropods (Publications)
Arthropod Dscam, the homologue of the human Down Syndrome cell adhesion molecule, is a receptor used by the nervous and immune systems. Unlike in vertebrates, evolutionary pressure has selected and ma
