Asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine development: facing the challenges (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this article is to highlight the challenges that researchers face in the development of asexual blood-stage vaccines, and the progress made recently towards achieving the
Respiratory effects of environmental tobacco exposure are enhanced by bronchial hyperreactivity (Publications)
RATIONALE: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with increased reports of respiratory symptoms and reduced lung function, but the long-term effects of ETS are unclear, notably i
Antikinetoplastid antimitotic activity and metabolic stability of dinitroaniline sulfonamides and benzamides (Publications)
N(1)-Phenyl-3,5-dinitro-N(4),N(4)-di-n-propylsulfanilamide (1) and N(1)-phenyl-3,5-dinitro-N(4),N(4)-di-n-butylsulfanilamide (2) show potent in vitro antimitotic activity against kinetoplastid parasit
Farming environments and childhood atopy, wheeze, lung function, and exhaled nitric oxide (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that children raised on farms are protected from asthma and allergies. It is unknown whether the farming effect is solely mediated by atopy or also affec
Receiving the diagnosis of lung cancer: patient recall of information and satisfaction with physician communication (Publications)
PURPOSE: Little is known about the information newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer recall and how satisfied they are with physicians' communication. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy-one consecutive