"We treat humans, not herds!": a qualitative study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers' individualized approaches to vaccination... (Publications)
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) providers' roles in parents' decision-making about vaccinations for their children have only recently begun receiving research attention, despite studies s
Sex: how malaria parasites get turned on (Publications)
The mechanisms underlying sexual stage switching in Plasmodium spp. have hitherto remained a mystery. However, two recent studies have revealed that an apicomplexan-specific DNA-binding protein is ess
An assay to probe <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> growth, transmission stage formation and early gametocyte development (Publications)
Conversion from asexual proliferation to sexual differentiation initiates the production of the gametocyte, which is the malaria parasite stage required for human-to-mosquito transmission. This protoc
Infected erythrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles alter vascular function via regulatory Ago2-miRNA complexes in malaria (Publications)
Malaria remains one of the greatest public health challenges worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The clinical outcome of individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum parasites depends on
Diversity-oriented synthesis yields novel multistage antimalarial inhibitors (Publications)
Antimalarial drugs have thus far been chiefly derived from two sources-natural products and synthetic drug-like compounds. Here we investigate whether antimalarial agents with novel mechanisms of acti
Mapping and functional analysis of heterochromatin protein 1 phosphorylation in the malaria parasite <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
Previous studies in model eukaryotes have demonstrated that phosphorylation of heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) is important for dynamically regulating its various functions. However, in the malaria pa
Does the DOSPERT scale predict risk taking behaviour during travel? A study using smartphones (Publications)
Background: Despite the continuing growth of international tourism, very little research has been done on the link between individual risk attitudes and health behaviours during travel. Our study uses
Impact of subtypes and comorbidities on breast cancer relapse and survival in population-based studies (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To study the impact of subtypes and comorbidities on breast cancer (BC) relapse and survival in the heterogeneous patients of the real world. METHODS: We identified patients diagnosed with