New therapies to treat sickle cell disease (SCD) may receive a boost after CSL Behring‘s recent $91 million acquisition of…
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
New Pre-transplant Treatment Regimen Improves Survival of Kids with Sickle Cell Disease, Trial Shows
A new pre-transplant conditioning regimen remarkably improves rejection rates and survival in children with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to…
New Method of Creating Healthy Stem Cells Could Potentially Improve Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia
Researchers at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered an innovative method of producing healthy stem cells that could significantly improve…
Differences in comorbidities, pain, healthcare utilization and psychosocial outcomes were addressed in three groups of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients,…
Individuals with sickle cell trait (SCT), a common hemoglobin gene variant in African-Americans, have an increased risk of developing kidney…