The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has awarded a total of $1.7 million in nine grants to research projects focused on…
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
Beyond Air has launched a pilot clinical trial evaluating its investigational therapy LungFit GO — inhaled nitric…
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The Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) has recommended that the costs of screening for mutations known to cause  …
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The frequency of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the U.K.
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The common mutations that cause Pseudomonas aeruginosa to lose their ability to move are associated with a higher production…