Schistosomiasis research in Africa: how the CONTRAST alliance made it happen (Publications)
In May 2012, the World Health Assembly passed resolution WHA 65.21, calling upon member states to intensify schistosomiasis control and, wherever possible, to attempt transmission interruption and ini
Quantitative EEG and apolipoprotein E-genotype improve classification of patients with suspected Alzheimer's disease (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To establish a model for better identification of patients in very early stages of Alzheimer's disease, AD (including patients with amnestic MCI) using high-resolution EEG and genetic data.
Antiprotozoal screening of 60 south African plants, and the identification of the antitrypanosomal germacranolides schkuhrin I and II (Publications)
Two hundred and seven extracts were prepared from sixty plants from South Africa and screened for in vitro activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania donovani, and
Concentrations of urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine and 8-isoprostane in women exposed to woodsmoke in a cookstove intervention study in San Marcos,... (Publications)
Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to unvented cooking fires. The effect of woodsmoke exposure on oxidative st
Genomic analysis identifies targets of convergent positive selection in drug-resistant <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
M. tuberculosis is evolving antibiotic resistance, threatening attempts at tuberculosis epidemic control. Mechanisms of resistance, including genetic changes favored by selection in resistant isolates
A pilot study characterizing real time exposures to particulate matter and carbon monoxide from cookstove related woodsmoke in rural Peru (Publications)
Nearly half of the world's population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to unvented cooking fires. We aimed to use PM2.5 and CO measurements to cha
Design, synthesis, and <em>in vitro</em> cancer cell growth inhibition evaluation of troxianes installed in cyclic 2-enoate substructure (Publications)
A novel series of 1,2,4-trioxanes were synthesized from 2H-pyrans via photooxidation, and their antiproliferative and growth factor inhibitory activity has been investigated across a variety of human