The international Huntington’s Disease Regulatory Science Consortium (HD-RSC) developed a biological definition of Huntington’s disease (HD) and a…
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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People with rare disorders have a worse healthcare experience than those affected by chronic diseases, according to the results of…