Using lung cancer mortality to indirectly approximate smoking patterns in space (Publications)
Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer. Non-smoking factors have been associated with the disease. Existing Swiss survey data only capture the country partially and temporal coverage does not all
Host-directed therapies for tackling multi-drug resistant TB - learning from the Pasteur-Bechamp debates (Publications)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency causing an estimated 1.5 million deaths annually. For several decades the major focus of TB treatment has been on antibiotic development targeting Mycobact
Human African trypanosomiasis prevention, treatment and control costs: a systematic review (Publications)
The control and eventual elimination of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) requires the expansion of current control and surveillance activities. A systematic review of the published literature on th
Soudanones A-G: antifungal isochromanones from the ascomycetous fungus <em>Cadophora</em> sp. isolated from an iron mine (Publications)
One new isochromane (pseudoanguillosporin C, 2), seven isochromanones (soudanones A-G, 3-9), and six known analogues including 10 and 11 were isolated from a culture of the fungus Cadophora sp. 10-5-2
Civil registration and vital statistics: progress in the data revolution for counting and accountability (Publications)
New momentum for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) is building, driven by the confluence of growing demands for accountability and results in health, improved equity, and rights-based app
Low coverage of central point vaccination against dog rabies in Bamako, Mali (Publications)
Canine rabies remains an important public-health problem in Africa. Dog mass vaccination is the recommended method for rabies control and elimination. We report on the first small-scale mass dog vacci
The lipid-modifying enzyme SMPDL3B negatively regulates innate immunity (Publications)
Lipid metabolism and receptor-mediated signaling are highly intertwined processes that cooperate to fulfill cellular functions and safeguard cellular homeostasis. Activation of Toll-like receptors (TL
Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis [Comment] (Publications)
The treatment of tuberculosis is based on combinations of drugs that directly target Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A new global initiative is now focusing on a complementary approach of developing adjun
