Patients with mutations in the COL5A1 and COL1A1 genes that code for collagen proteins have both Ehlers-Danlos syndrome…
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
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