Nearly half of the people with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) responding to a survey were dissatisfied with their quality of…
Marta Figueiredo, PhD
Marta holds a biology degree, a master’s in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She was awarded a research scholarship and a PhD scholarship, and her research focused on the role of several signaling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development. She also previously worked as an assistant professor of an annual one-week embryology course at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.
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Articles by Marta Figueiredo, PhD
The inhalation of tiny plastic particles called polystyrene microplastics — an emerging pollutant that affects both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems…
C21 (VP01), Vicore Pharma’s investigational oral therapy, safely and effectively improves or stabilizes lung function in previously untreated adults…
Endeavor BioMedicines has raised $101 million to advance its pipeline programs, including taladegib (ENV-101), an investigational oral treatment for…
Algernon Pharmaceuticals has been notified it will be given a Canadian patent, as requested, covering its investigational oral therapy NP-120…
People with rapidly progressing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have significantly higher levels of circulating cell-free DNA (ccfDNA) than those with…
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) lessened lung scarring by reducing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)-related aging of lung cells that play…
Pulmonary Fibrosis News brought you daily coverage throughout 2021 of the latest scientific findings, treatment developments, and clinical trials related…
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients with increased formation of type VI collagen — a major extracellular matrix (ECM) molecule involved…
An autoantibody reduction regimen that combines three treatments improved lung function and survival in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis…