A single dose of Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox) nearly zeroed out the number of bleeds and the need for prophylaxis,…
Margarida Maia, PhD
Margarida is a biochemist (University of Porto, Portugal) with a PhD in biomedical sciences (VIB and KULeuven, Belgium). Her main interest is science communication. She is also passionate about design and the dialogue between art and science.
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Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
Novo Nordisk acquired the hemophilia A program and gene-editing technology rights of 2seventy Bio, with 2seventy staffers…
Artificial intelligence (AI) can comb through ultrasound scans to detect joint bleeding and inflammation occurring as a result of…
HCB-101, hC Bioscience’s lead candidate to overwrite certain mutations that lead to hemophilia A, can reach the liver…
Added to steroids, rituximab seems to be as safe and effective as cyclophosphamide therapy at controlling bleeds and wiping…
Immune tolerance induction (ITI), a type of treatment that’s designed to eliminate neutralizing antibodies, or inhibitors, against clotting factors for…
ReciBioPharm and GeneVentiv Therapeutics are teaming up to advance the development of GENV-HEM, a gene…
Switching to Jivi (damoctocog alfa pegol), an extended half-life replacement therapy, from Kovaltry (octocog alfa), may help adults…
Sarcopenia, or loss of muscle mass and strength, may occur in as many as half of adults with severe…
A real-world study in Spain found that, among hemophilia patients, those with hemophilia A may have have worse joint…