A type of wound dressing, called dialkylcarbamoylchloride (DAAC)‐coated cotton acetate, closes infected wounds related to epidermolysis bullosa (EB) faster…
Alejandra Viviescas, PhD
Alejandra has a PhD in Genetics from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and is currently working as a scientific writer, editor, and translator. As a writer for BioNews, she is fulfilling her passion for making scientific data easily available and understandable to the general public. Aside from her work with BioNews, she also works as a language editor for non-English speaking authors and is an author of science books for kids.
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Articles by Alejandra Viviescas, PhD
JEB Involving Kidneys, Lungs Should be Classified as Mixed Form of Disease, Case Report Suggests
A case report of a patient with mild junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) with kidney and lung involvement who showed blisters…
Autoimmune blistering diseases, including epidermolysis bullosa, in children have a better prognosis than in adults, but long-term follow-up is…
In the absence of collagen 7, the protein missing in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) patients, the protein thrombospondin-1 (TSP1) plays a…
The case report of a patient with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita who developed steroid-induced diabetes underscores the importance of counseling patients…
Oral use of cannabinoids — derivatives of cannabis — could help manage pain and the urge to scratch in epidermolysis…
The case report of a patient with severe epidermolysis bullosa underscores the importance of a multidisciplinary approach involving skin protection,…