AER-901, a new inhaled formulation of imatinib delivered via a specialized device, was predicted to reach 2-3 times higher levels…
Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
Lindsey earned her PhD in neuroscience from Emory University in Atlanta, where she studied novel therapeutic strategies for treatment-resistant forms of epilepsy. She was awarded a fellowship from the American Epilepsy Society in 2019 for this research. Lindsey also previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher, studying the role of inflammation in epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Articles by Lindsey Shapiro, PhD
Researchers have identified two inflammation-related genes — SELE and CCL20 — whose activity could serve as diagnostic biomarkers for the…
Reduced exercise capacity appeared to be a consequence of cardiac and pulmonary changes, but not skeletal muscle alterations, in rat…
As of April 15, Opsynvi (macitentan and tadalafil) — the first single-tablet treatment combination approved by the U.S. Food…
Despite more women being affected by pulmonary hypertension (PH), men with the cardiovascular disease had worse right ventricular function…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily, fixed-dose tablets containing a combination of macitentan and tadalafil —…
Higher blood levels of the sclerostin protein were linked to cardiac abnormalities and an elevated risk of pulmonary…
An investigational fixed-dose combination of macitentan and tadalafil in a single tablet (M/T STCT) led to improvements in…
Echocardiogram (ECG) measures that indicate the heart’s right ventricle (RV) and the pulmonary arteries are working poorly together…
A variant in the gene encoding the ALDH2 enzyme — fully known as aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 — was linked to…
While about a quarter of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients treated with the investigational therapy sotatercept tested positive for…
Add-on treatment with sotatercept, an investigational therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) now under regulatory review in the…