As a result of major recent advances in understanding the biology of gastrointestinal stromal
tumors (GIST), specifically recognition of the central role of activating KIT mutations and�…

The current interest in leishmaniasis stems from the importance of this disease with respect
to travel medicine, veterans of Operation Desert Storm, humanitarian concerns, and infection�…

Governed by parasite and host factors and immunoinflammatory responses, the clinical
spectrum of leishmaniasis encompasses subclinical (inapparent), localised (skin lesions)�…

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is defined by recurrent pregnancy loss and thrombosis in
the presence of antiphospholipid (aPL) Ab's. Currently, therapy for pregnant women with�…

Invasive fungal infections pose an important threat to public health and are an under-
recognized component of antimicrobial resistance, an emerging crisis worldwide. Across a�…

Purpose: Female sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent but not well defined or understood.
We evaluated and revised existing definitions and classifications of female sexual�…

Resistance to the limited number of available antifungal drugs is a serious problem in the
treatment of Candida albicans. We found that aneuploidy in general and a specific�…

Female sexual dysfunction is age-related, pro-gressive, and highly prevalent, affecting 30%
to 50% of women. 1–3 Based on the National Health and Social Life Survey of 1749 women�…

Candida species are the most common cause of opportunistic fungal infection worldwide.
Here we report the genome sequences of six Candida species and compare these and�…

Background Early cancer detection could identify tumors at a time when outcomes are
superior and treatment is less morbid. This prospective case-control sub-study (from�…