The pivotal VIITAL study of EB-101, Abeona Therapeutics‘ experimental therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), now has a…
Patricia Inácio, PhD
Patricia holds her PhD in cell biology from the University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, for which she was awarded a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) fellowship.
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Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
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Ahead of this year’s Rare Disease Week on Capitol Hill, held virtually July 14–22, the EveryLife Foundation will…
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A 13-year-old boy with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) had his skin lesions eased after surgeons transplanted a skin…
Infection by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus is detected in most wounds of patients with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), according…
A gel made from platelets — tiny cells involved in blood clotting — that were collected from umbilical cord blood…
A modified version of cannabidiol has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that may help to treat epidermolysis bullosa…
A first patient has been treated in a Phase 3 trial testing the investigational gene therapy D-Fi (debcoemagene autoficel),…
Two novel mutations in the COL7A1 gene have been linked to epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa (EBP), which is characterized…