A non-invasive skin swab test may make a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in as few as three minutes, according…
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
IMAC Holdings has completed the dosing of a third and last group of patients who are taking part in…
Patient dosing has begun in a Phase 2a clinical trial testing oral CST-2032 in combination with CST-107 as a potential…
The first patient has been dosed in a clinical trial testing Annovis Bio’s buntanetap as an oral therapy for…
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UCB, a global pharmaceutical company, is looking for men and women with early-stage Parkinson’s disease who want to…