Exposure to carbon nanoparticles — tiny air pollution particles that account for a substantial part of air pollution in urban…
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
Most military cystic fibrosis (CF) centers in the U.S. are generally following mental health screening guidelines — but there’s…
Treatment with PP-007 — a compound known to promote the release of anti-inflammatory carbon monoxide (CO) gas — significantly reduced…
A small compound called c407 restored the function of CFTR — the defective protein in cystic fibrosis (CF) — and its…
The frequency of cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease (CFLD) has increased in the past two decades and is linked to several…
Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung infection show significant changes in airway metabolites relative to those…
A lung and pancreatic cell transplant from a single donor to people with end-stage cystic fibrosis (CF) and CF-related diabetes…
Adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) have significantly higher levels of anti-inflammatory oxylipins — a type of fatty molecule —…
A noninvasive measure of lung function called lung clearance index (LCI) could be used to identify children and adolescents with…
Multiple breath washout testing is superior to chest X-rays at detecting early signs of cystic fibrosis (CF) in infants…