Alejandra Manjarrez was an assistant editor at Drug Discovery News in 2023. She is now a freelancer. She earned her PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 2018, and has written for The Scientist, Science, Knowable Magazine, The Atlantic, and others. She is an inveterate reader and dancer, and likes travelling.
Articles by Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
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3D bioprinted models of the tumor microenvironment could make the preclinical research process more reliable and accelerate translation to the clinic.
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Researchers harvest stem cells from patients who have recently had a heart attack and use them to trigger regeneration of their cardiac muscle.
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Researchers use cell-free DNA circulating in the blood of patients with rheumatoid arthritis to match them with the most effective drugs.
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An understudied melanoma arises without sun exposure, but researchers are beginning to shed light on this challenging form of skin cancer.
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A dermatologist and a nanomaterials scientist teamed up to develop synthetic particles to accelerate tissue repair in damaged skin.
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Scientists weaponize the symbiotic bacteria in mosquitoes against the deadly diseases they transmit.
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Targeting a gut microbial enzyme could potentially improve treatment for type 2 diabetes.
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CRISPR-edited immune cells may help patients with T-cell leukemia, albeit with immunotherapy-related risks.
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Last year, the USDA conditionally approved an oral vaccine for mice to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease to humans.
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Immunologist Gabriel Rabinovich leverages his 30 years of experience studying sugar-binding proteins, galectins, for developing novel therapies.
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Inducing the expression of antioxidant genes offers hope for alleviating severe facial discomfort in patients with a chronic pain condition.
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