Suppressing Wnt/beta-catenin — a signaling pathway that plays a key role in liver health — significantly reduced liver damage and…
Marta Figueiredo, PhD
Marta holds a biology degree, a master’s in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She was awarded a research scholarship and a PhD scholarship, and her research focused on the role of several signaling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development. She also previously worked as an assistant professor of an annual one-week embryology course at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.
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Articles by Marta Figueiredo, PhD
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ investigational candidate givosiran,  which will be marketed…
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Alnylam Plans to Pursue Full Approval of Givosiran, Potential Therapy for Acute Hepatic Porphyria
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, after consulting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, plans to pursue full approval of its…