People with rare disorders have a worse healthcare experience than those affected by chronic diseases, according to the results of…
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
Takeda’s Takhzyro (lanadelumab) continues to safely prevent and reduce the frequency of swelling attacks in people with…
The first wave of COVID-19Â in Europe severely disrupted access to care and raised stress and anxiety in people with…
Berotralstat — an oral therapy by BioCryst Pharmaceuticals for preventing swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) — will…
More insight and study is needed into the symptoms, proper management, and potential complications of pregnancy-related hereditary angioedema (HAE)…
Preventive treatment with berotralstat (BCX7353) significantly lowered the number of swelling attacks — including those needing treatment — and the rates…
Researchers have developed a more cost-effective supporting diagnostic test for hereditary angioedema (HAE) to detect genetic changes that are otherwise missed…
Long-term prevention with human formulations of the C1 esterase inhibitor — Cinryze or Haegarda — safely and effectively reduces the number…
Researchers reported the first case of exercise-induced angioedema that is dependent on food in a new case study from…
Food may trigger angioedema attacks through an intolerance — rather than an allergic — reaction, according to a small study…