Harvey Ballard

Circulating lipids have been implicated as important modulators of immune response, and altered lipid levels correlate with the severity of infection. However, long-term prognostic implications of lipid levels regarding future infection risk remain unclear. The current project aims to explore whether baseline lipid levels are associated with risk…[Read more]

These Abs attack the colonic epithelium to induce UC-like inflammation.Diabetes is a metabolic disorder resulting in long-term hyperglycemia that could induce oxidative stress as well as neural modifications in the central nervous system. Periodontal disease is highly comorbid with diabetes and in some cases, with exacerbated pain responses.…[Read more]

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD, MIM 242650) is a rare, hereditary multiorgan disease characterized by malfunction of motile cilia. Hallmark symptom is a chronic airway infection due to mucostasis leading to irreversible lung damage that may progress to respiratory failure. There is no cure for this genetic disease and evidence-based treatment is…[Read more]

magna genome is capable of expressing sex in a continuous array, supporting the idea that sex is actually a spectrum.Individuals reared in captivity are exposed to distinct selection pressures and evolutionary processes causing genetic and phenotypic divergence from wild populations. Consequently, restocking with farmed individuals may represent a…[Read more]