Andrea Lobo, PhD,  science writer—

Andrea Lobo holds a PhD in cell biology/neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She has authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Articles by Andrea Lobo

EBA skin lesions recurred after COVID-19 vaccination: Case report

Lesions in the skin and mucosa in a 20-year-old woman with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) came back years later, after a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a case report. While rapid development of skin disease after receiving vaccinations had been reported, this is the first case of possible EBA with autoantibodies…

Funding call launched for projects seeking to repurpose therapies

LifeArc and DEBRA Austria have launched a £2.5 million (around $3.3 million) funding call for projects that seek to repurpose therapies for epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Treatment repurposing consists of identifying new therapeutic use for approved medicines. It is an alternative approach to the traditional process of developing…

FDA clears clinical study of ZKN-013 in healthy volunteers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a clinical trial in healthy volunteers of ZKN-013, a treatment candidate for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) and junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB). Developed by Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, ZKN-013 is an oral therapy that can overcome nonsense mutations, a…