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
The N'-terminal domain of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of the apicomplexan <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> mediates GTPase Rab2-dependent... (Publications)
Spatial and temporal distribution of the glycolytic enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (pfGAPDH) and aldolase (pfAldolase) of Plasmodium falciparum were investigated using specific mAbs
Spondylolysis: returning the athlete to sports participation with brace treatment (Publications)
Between 1988 and 1995, 73 adolescent athletes treated with the Boston Overlap Brace for spondylolysis were reviewed to evaluate improvement in pain score and activity level. A favorable clinical outco