B-type natriuretic peptide in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Postoperative cardiac complications pose a substantial risk to patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. METHODS: B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) was determined preoperativel
Targeting <em>Plasmodium</em> PI(4)K to eliminate malaria (Publications)
Achieving the goal of malaria elimination will depend on targeting Plasmodium pathways essential across all life stages. Here we identify a lipid kinase, phosphatidylinositol-4-OH kinase (PI(4)K), as
Cross-reactive immune response elicited by parenteral Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine against non-typhoid <em>Salmonellae</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Despite 155000 deaths and over 90 million cases - and the current emergence of antimicrobial resistance - no vaccines are available against non-typhoid Salmonellae (NTS). We recently prese
Prediction of MS disability by multimodal evoked potentials: investigation during relapse or in the relapse-free interval? (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about optimal timing of multimodal evoked potential (EP)-investigations regarding prediction of MS disability. The aim of this study was to investigate whether timing of EP-
Balgacyclamides, antiplasmodial heterocyclic peptides from <em>Microcystis aeruguinosa</em> EAWAG 251 (Publications)
The isolation and structural characterization of three new heterocyclic and macrocyclic peptides, balgacyclamides A-C, from Microcystis aeruginosa EAWAG 251 are reported. The constitutions were determ
Men benefit more from midlife leisure-time physical activity than women regarding the development of late-life disability - results from the KORA-age... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Encouraging physical activity is an important public health measure to reduce disability prevalence in the aged. The aims of this study were to determine the association between midlife phy
A molecular marker of artemisinin-resistant <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin derivatives in southeast Asia threatens malaria control and elimination activities worldwide. To monitor the spread of artemisinin resistance, a molecul