Joana Carvalho,  —

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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August 8, 2018 News by Joana Carvalho

Gene Variant Not Linked to Bowel Inflammation in AS Patients, Study Finds

The presence of a gene variant considered to be a risk factor for Crohn’s disease and previously associated with ankylosing spondylitis is independent of bowel inflammation and confers protection against ankylosing spondylitis, a study has found. The study, “Association of Crohn’s disease-related chromosome 1q32 with ankylosing spondylitis…

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