The Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation (HNF) has launched a new virtual fitness platform to promote the practice of safe physical…
Joana Carvalho, PhD
Joana holds a BSc in Biology, a MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Her work has been focused on the impact of non-canonical Wnt signaling in the collective behavior of endothelial cells — cells that made up the lining of blood vessels — found in the umbilical cord of newborns.
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Articles by Joana Carvalho, PhD
This summer, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association (CMTA) turned its annual Camp Footprint for children and teens with CMT…
The chemotherapy agent oxaliplatin does not increase the risk of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), one of its most common…
Scientists have described a new genetic mutation in the PMP22 gene associated with a severe and early-onset form of…
Women with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease do not have a higher rate of pregnancy or delivery complications than women who…
Pharnext’s oral experimental treatment PXT3003 was found to be safe and effective for patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type…
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) caused by a duplication in the DNA sequence of the PMP22…
A small RNA molecule called miR-29a can prevent Schwann cells from producing abnormal PMP22 transcripts associated with…
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) has awarded 25 research grants totaling more than $6.6 million to scientists working on…
The Charcot–Marie–Tooth Association (CMTA) has granted $335,000 to two research projects focused on the development of new therapies…