Curcumin (a polyphenolic compound in turmeric) is famous for its potent anti-inflammatory,
anti-oxidant, and anti-cancer properties, and has a great potential to act as an epigenetic …

Pathogenic animal trypanosomes affecting livestock have represented a major constraint to
agricultural development in Africa for centuries, and their negative economic impact is …

Following its predecessor, the second edition of Amino Acids: Biochemistry and Nutrition
presents exhaustive coverage of amino acids in the nutrition, metabolism and health of …

Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is caused by infection with parasites
of the genus Trypanosoma, transmitted by the tsetse fly. The disease has two forms …

Vinyl sulfone with electrophilic character is not only a versatile building block for various
organic transformations but also is a key structural unit in a large number of biologically …

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is an established nucleic acid amplification
method offering rapid, accurate, and cost-effective diagnosis of infectious diseases. This …

African trypanosomes cause human sleeping sickness and livestock trypanosomiasis in sub-
Saharan Africa. We present the sequence and analysis of the 11 megabase-sized …

The Trypanosoma brucei cysteine protease cathepsin B (TbCatB), which is involved in host
protein degradation, is a promising target to develop new treatments against sleeping …

In global health, critical challenges have arisen from infectious diseases, including the
emergence and reemergence of old and new infectious diseases. Emergence and …

Many developing countries including Cameroon have mortality patterns that reflect high
levels of infectious diseases and the risk of death during pregnancy and childbirth, in …