Patricia Inácio, PhD, science writer —

Patricia holds her PhD in cell biology from the University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, for which she was awarded a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) fellowship.

Articles by Patricia Inácio

Fox Foundation Grant to Help Advance CNM-Au8 to Planned Phase 2 Trial

A grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) will help Clene Nanomedicine to advance in development CNM-Au8, its cellular energy-promoting, investigational Parkinson’s treatment. The grant will help to support preclinical studies in patients’ nerve cells and mouse models of the disease, as well as facilitate the launch of a Phase 2 safety and effectiveness…

Vercise Genus, 4th-generation DBS Treatment, Coming Soon to US

Vercise Genus, a fourth-generation system for deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat people with Parkinson’s disease, is now available in the U.S.,  Boston Scientific, which markets the system, announced. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the system’s conditional use with full-body MRI scans, following a similar…