Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) improved lung function and reduced inflammation throughout the body over six months in patients with cystic…
Vanda Pinto, PhD
​​Vanda is a biochemist with a PhD in biomedicine from the University of Porto, Portugal. She conducted her postdoctoral research first at the Bristol Medical School, U.K., studying the insulin-PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in diabetic nephropathy, then at the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, where her focus was on glycosylation in lupus nephritis and inflammatory bowel disease. She next made the switch to science publishing, handling papers in biochemistry, molecular biology, and immunology.
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Articles by Vanda Pinto, PhD
A single dose of 4D-710, an aerosol gene therapy candidate developed by 4D Molecular Therapeutics (4DMT) for adults with…
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Supplemental oxygen lessened the abundance of some microbial species in sputum samples from people with cystic fibrosis (CF) while…
Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) whose intestinal microbe populations — or gut microbiome — were dominated by Bifidobacteria had…
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A $2.7 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),…
A fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus can significantly affect lung function and structure, as well as increase the number of pulmonary…
Home monitoring with a mobile phone-linked spirometry device may provide an effective way of detecting pulmonary exacerbations — episodes…