Use of Kaftrio (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) may help people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and the F508del mutation in both CFTR gene…
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
An antibiotic susceptibility kit, called AtbFinder, helped doctors choose effective antibiotics against lung infection caused by hard-to-treat Pseudomonas…
BX004, BiomX’s experimental phage cocktail — a treatment that uses certain viruses to kill disease-causing microorganisms — was seen…
Kaftrio, a combination of elexacaftor, tezacaftor, and ivacaftor marketed as Trikafta in the U.S., may relieve much of the…
Nearly two-thirds of the people with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the U.S. are under financial hardship, and many face…
Taking Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) may lead to only a mild rise in liver enzymes in people with cystic fibrosis (CF)-related…
Nearly 8% of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) may be infected with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), a type of bacteria…
Trikafta (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) was seen to keep lung function from getting worse in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) for…
Sionna Therapeutics is forging ahead in the new year with its preclinical and clinical programs aimed at developing small…
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria can become resistant to the antibiotic tobramycin by clumping into more and larger aggregates and making…