Owing to the low heating efficiency of currently available magnetic nanoparticles, it is challenging to reach therapeutic temperatures above 44 0C in tumors that are gene [...]

Allergic rhinitis is a chronic condition that can be monitored at home using Web-Health 2.0 tools like smartphones, which are valued for their portability and multimedia [...]

Malaria is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease that has deeply impacted the human population throughout recorded history. The disease burden of malaria has gradually decli [...]

Dengue represents an increasingly important global health challenge, as recent estimates suggest that nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide are at risk for infection1 and [...]

This dissertation describes the implementation of a technique for using cellular miRNAs as tools for the discovery of virus-host interactions. With this methodology, I di [...]

Under this heading only the infectious diseases which are considered to have a direct relationship to heart involvement will be taken up. The diseases will be discussed i [...]

Powassan virus is a lethal tick-borne flavivirus currently emerging in North America for which there are no therapies or vaccines. This dissertation focuses on developing [...]

Malaria is a devastating parasitic disease that affects more than 200 million people and is a leading cause of mortality in the developing world. [...]

It has been found that in most parts of the United States from 1 to 2 per cent of the population suffer from hay fever at some portion of the year, indicating that its vi [...]