Using Jakafi (ruxolitinib) to treat a woman with polycythemia vera (PV; a blood cancer)Â led to complete resolution of…
José Lopes, PhD
José holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Porto, Portugal. After postdocs at Weill Connell Medicine and Western University, where he studied the processes driving hypertension and Alzheimer’s disease, he moved on in 2016 to a career in science writing and communication. José is the author of several peer-reviewed papers and a book chapter and has presented his research in numerous international meetings.
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Articles by José Lopes, PhD
Treatment with Rituxan (rituximab) provided marked disease remission and was well-tolerated by three patients with refractory neurosarcoidosis, according…
Measuring the serum levels of four specific biomarkers could help doctors detect cardiac sarcoidosis, identify patients with systemic lesions instead…
Measuring the serum levels of the proteins ACE, YKL-40, CRP, and sIL-2R may enable clinicians to monitor disease activity in…
Case Report Describes Rare Coexistence of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis in Patient with Severe PAH
A new case report from India describes the occurrence of both sarcoidosis and tuberculosis (TB) in a patient…
Exposure to chemical substances used in leather tanning may have been the cause of a rare case of subcutaneous (under-the-skin)…
A project studying the possible link between sarcoidosis and lung microbes received a four-year, $2.7 million grant from the…
Hospitalization due to sarcoidosis has increased in the U.S., but in-hospital mortality has declined, according to a study from the …
A new case report describes a sarcoidosis patient with pancreatitis — inflammation of the pancreas — and hypercalcemia, or high…
Exposure to moderate to high levels of silica increases the risk of sarcoidosis and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new…