The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Proteostasis Therapeutics’ cystic fibrosis therapy PTI-428 — a…
José Lopes, PhD
José holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Porto, Portugal. After postdocs at Weill Connell Medicine and Western University, where he studied the processes driving hypertension and Alzheimer’s disease, he moved on in 2016 to a career in science writing and communication. José is the author of several peer-reviewed papers and a book chapter and has presented his research in numerous international meetings.
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Articles by José Lopes, PhD
Pulmonary hypertension increases the risk of cystic fibrosis patients’ lung function worsening, but is not a predictor of reduced survival,…
The U.K.’s Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued an alert to urge patients and healthcare professionals to…
A Phase 1 clinical trial testing Arch Biopartners’ AB569 for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections is now enrolling…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave a green light to human testing of ORC-13661, Â Oricula Therapeutics‘…
The interaction of ions and sugars called glycans can affect the mucus that lines airways — a finding that has implications for…
More than half of British babies born with cystic fibrosis today will reach the age of 50, according to a new…
The most influential cystic fibrosis advocacy groups in the United States and Europe have endorsed the idea of a Phase…
Multi-drug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can be found in the gastric juice and tubes that are used to feed some cystic…
The activity of Zerbaxa (ceftolozane/tazobactam, or C/T) alone or in combination with other antibiotics shows promise against multi-drug resistant (MDR)…