The combined effects of family size and farm exposure on childhood hay fever and atopy (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Exposure to farming environments and siblings is associated with reduced risks of childhood hay fever and atopy. We explored the independence and interaction of these protective effects in
Dermatologische Probleme bei Tropenrückkehrern - "banales Häufiges" und "seltenes, aber Gefährliches" (Publications)
The most frequently observed skin lesions in travellers returning from tropical countries are insect bite reactions, bacterial skin diseases, creeping eruption and allergic reactions. The article desc
PM10 source apportionment in a Swiss Alpine valley impacted by highway traffic (Publications)
Although trans-Alpine highway traffic exhaust is one of the major sources of air pollution along the highway valleys of the Alpine regions, little is known about its contribution to residential exposu
Gain of function of the immune system caused by a ryanodine receptor 1 mutation (Publications)
Mutations in RYR1, the gene encoding ryanodine receptor 1, are linked to a variety of neuromuscular disorders including Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) a pharmacogenetic hypermetabolic disease caused by d
Neue genetische Tests und ihr Nutzen in der Krebsvorsorge (Publications)
The promises resulting from the decoding of the human genome have not been fulfilled to the extent as expected. At the same time it is fair to say that the results of recent genetic research have not
Inhibitors of adenosine consuming parasites through polymer-assisted N-acylation of N6-substituted 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosines (Publications)
A series of 30 adenosine derivatives with three different substituents at the N(6)-position were prepared in order to evaluate their potential to inhibit the pathogenic protozoa Plasmodium falciparum
