Editorial: autoimmunity—the ever endless world

Editorial: ever say die?

Endless Resistance. Endless Antibiotics?

The practice of medicine was profoundly transformed by the introduction of the antibiotics (compounds isolated from Nature) and the antibacterials (compounds prepared by synthesis) for the control of bacterial infection. As a result of the extraordinary success of these compounds over decades of time, a timeless biological activity for these compounds has been presumed. This presumption is no l...

Diabetes Dictating Policy: An Editorial Commemorating World Health Day 2016

The 21st century is an era of great challenge for humankind; we are combating terrorism, climate change, poverty, human rights issues and last but not least non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The burden of the latter has become so large that it is being recognized by world leaders globally as an area that it is in need of much greater attention. In light of this concern, the World Health Organiz...

Parasite Diagnostics, an Ever-Changing World

Endless Interactions

You have just finished a bowl of chicken soup for lunch. As you clean up, you wash out the bowl and throw away the can. A garbage truck will haul the can to the dump where it will lie among other trash. A female fly might lay her eggs in the can, and her offspring might fly from the dump, feed on some decayed food, and then rest on top of someone’s peanut butter sandwich. Each of these interact...