José is a science news writer with a PhD in Neuroscience from Universidade of Porto, in Portugal. He has also studied Biochemistry at Universidade do Porto and was a postdoctoral associate at Weill Cornell Medicine, in New York, and at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. His work has ranged from the association of central cardiovascular and pain control to the neurobiological basis of hypertension, and the molecular pathways driving Alzheimer’s disease.
The number of reported cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with breast implants (BIA-ALCL) has risen to 457, according to a ... Read more
The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) proposed a new consensus scale for toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapies to ... Read more
The U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) be offered to patients with difficult-to-treat diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) ... Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to BioInvent’s antibody BI-1206 for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma. ... Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted breakthrough therapy designation to BeiGene’s zanubrutinib as a treatment candidate for adults with ... Read more
The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) concluded that Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) is not a cost-effective option ... Read more
Measuring abdominal fat (obesity), including waist circumference, is a better predictor of the risk of developing hematological malignancies, especially multiple myeloma, ... Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Copiktra (duvelisib) capsules for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic ... Read more
