People with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have vitamin D deficiency — and living in Asia, South America, or Africa…
Jose Marques Lopes, PhD
José is a science news writer with a PhD in Neuroscience from Universidade of Porto, in Portugal. He has also studied Biochemistry at Universidade do Porto and was a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York, and at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. His work has ranged from the association of central cardiovascular and pain control to the neurobiological basis of hypertension, and the molecular pathways driving Alzheimer’s disease.
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Articles by Jose Marques Lopes, PhD
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The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), an arm of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), recommended…
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Neovacs and Centurion Pharma will continue the joint development of the investigational vaccine IFNalpha Kinoid for people…