Adding RC18 (telitacicept) to standard therapy significantly lowered disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in a Phase…
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.
There is a strong need for multidisciplinary and specific research on childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to help better…
Hoth Therapeutics and Zylö Therapeutics entered into an agreement to jointly develop an endocannabinoid-based treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus…
Two groups of researchers at the University of Houston received a total of $5 million in grants from the National Institutes…
Using the data of pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), researchers in China created a predictive model that…
Low-income people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at higher risk of getting bone fractures than their non-SLE counterparts. The risk is…
Alcohol intake does not affect the risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to a study. The results…
BIIB059, an antibody that targets a receptor of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, was well-tolerated and reduced inflammation and skin lesions in…
Twelve weeks of aerobic exercise improved cardiovascular and respiratory fitness in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but without positive changes in arterial…
Patients with autoimmune diseases — such as psoriasis, lupus, and arthritis — tend to accumulate collagen, a connective tissue…