An independent data monitoring committee, following a safety review, recommended that a Phase 2 trial of BX004, Biomx’s experimental…
Andrea Lobo, PhD
Andrea Lobo holds a Biology degree, and a PhD in Cell Biology/Neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. She was a postdoctoral and senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health in Porto, in drug addiction, studying neuronal plasticity induced by amphetamines. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She shifted towards a career in science writing and communication in 2022.
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Articles by Andrea Lobo, PhD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the start of the third part of a Phase 2 clinical…
Researchers have identified three groups of symptoms with interconnected severity — respiratory-energy, mood-gastrointestinal irritability, and pain-gastrointestinal abnormal motility — in…
All eligible cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in England can now receive Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ CF treatment Alyftrek (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor), after…
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The events slated for this year’s Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month aim to celebrate the accomplishments, milestones, and hopes of those…
Children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) treated with Kaftrio, marketed as Trikafta in the U.S., experienced increases…
Treatment with Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) contributed to a reduction in pulmonary exacerbations requiring hospitalization between 2018 and 2022 among children…