Molecular identification of zoonotic tissue-invasive tapeworm larvae other than <em>Taenia solium</em> in suspected human cysticercosis cases (Publications)
Rarely, zoonotic Taenia species other than Taenia solium cause human cysticercosis. The larval stages are morphologically often indistinguishable. We therefore investigated 12 samples of suspected hum
Activity of diimidazoline amides against <em>African trypanosomiasis</em> (Publications)
We identified several diimidazoline mono- and diamides that were as potent as pentamidine against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vitro. All of these were also less cytotoxic than pentamidine, but n
Female predominance and transmission distortion in the long-QT syndrome (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Congenital long-QT syndrome is a disorder resulting in ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. The most common forms of the long-QT syndrome, types 1 and 2, are caused by mutations in th
Design, synthesis, and biological and crystallographic evaluation of novel inhibitors of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> enoyl-ACP-reductase... (Publications)
Malaria, a disease of worldwide significance, is responsible for over one million deaths annually. The liver-stage of Plasmodium's life cycle is the first, obligatory, but clinically silent step in ma
Enhancing the usefulness of cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions with a removable protecting group (Publications)
A removable protecting group has been identified that allows the products of widely-used cross dehydrogenative couplings to be synthetically elaborated. The method can be used with enantiopure amines
Substituted 2-phenyl-imidazopyridines: a new class of drug leads for human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
A phenotypic screen of a compound library for antiparasitic activity on Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis, led to the identification of substituted 2-(3-aminophe
Intergovernmental relations and long term care reforms: lessons from the Italian case (Publications)
The article aims at analysing the reasons why Italy failed to reform Long Term Care (LTC) policies, focusing on an aspect which has been overlooked: the interplay between LTC policies and the intergov