CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil) and cyclophosphamide can both improve the health-related quality of life of people with systemic…
Joana Carvalho, PhD
Joana holds a bachelor’s in biology, a Master of Science in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Her work has been focused on the impact of non-canonical Wnt signaling in the collective behavior of endothelial cells — those that make up the lining of blood vessels — found in the umbilical cord of newborns. In addition to several research fellowships, she was awarded two Erasmus scholarships to conduct part of her studies in France.
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Articles by Joana Carvalho, PhD
Treatment with lenabasum is safe and leads to clinically meaningful improvements in people with diffuse cutaneous scleroderma (dcSSc),…
The European Commission has approved Ofev (nintedanib) to preserve lung function in adults with systemic sclerosis-associated…
Researchers have zeroed in on autoantibodies that may be linked to distinct human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes and environmental…
A recently discovered variant of the IFNL3 gene increases the risk of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) in people with…
Processa Pharmaceuticals announced it has entered into a global licensing agreement with Akashi Therapeutics to possibly develop and…
Use of vasodilators — medications that trigger the widening and relaxing of blood vessels — may help to prevent heart…
More Accurate Way of Detecting Lung Disease Early in Scleroderma Patients Using HRCT Scans Proposed
A new computerized method to analyze high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans may help in identifying interstitial lung disease…
Epigenetic changes — chemical modifications in DNA that affect gene expression (the process by which information within a gene gives…