People with scleroderma can develop autoimmune diseases like neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a condition that affects the nervous system…
Alejandra Viviescas, PhD
Alejandra has a PhD in Genetics from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and is currently working as a scientific writer, editor, and translator. As a writer for BioNews, she is fulfilling her passion for making scientific data easily available and understandable to the general public. Aside from her work with BioNews, she also works as a language editor for non-English speaking authors and is an author of science books for kids.
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Articles by Alejandra Viviescas, PhD
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The Phase 3 SENSCIS trial reached its primary endpoint by showing that Ofev (nintedanib) slows the decay in forced…
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Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals’ cannabis-derived therapy, EHP-101, eased the symptoms of systemic sclerosis by preventing blood vessel damage,…