Actelion Pharmaceuticals’ Opsumit (macitentan) may be a potential therapy for portopulmonary hypertension, according to positive results from a Phase 4…
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
PAH Seen to Alter Gut Microbiota in Rat Study, and Resulting Imbalance May Affect Disease Course
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects the health of the gut’s microbial community, or microbiota, with an imbalance possibly being a factor…
Scleroderma patients diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are at a high risk of PAH-related death, especially in the four years…
Direct oral anticoagulants — a type of blood thinner medication — are a safe and effective treatment for chronic thromboembolic…
Low levels of oxygen in the blood of people with idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH or HPAH) are…
A single-dose of Ventavis (inhaled iloprost) is safe and effective in treating pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with chronic…
A retrospective study showed that pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-specific drug therapies do not raise the risk of respiratory tract infections…
CTEPH Patients Suffer Depression, Anxiety, Poorer Quality of Life Than Those with PAH, Study Finds
A retrospective study found that patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) have more pronounced decreases in mental health than those with …
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada has launched its Life in Purple Challenge campaign to mark November, Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness…
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals has enrolled and dosed its first patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a Phase 1 clinical…