Margarida Maia, PhD,  science writer—

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.

Articles by Margarida Maia

AOC 1001 Earns Orphan Drug Status for DM1 in Europe

The European Commission (EC) has granted orphan designation to AOC 1001, Avidity Biosciences’ investigational therapy for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). This designation is given to investigational therapies that have the potential to treat rare, life-threatening, or very serious diseases that affect less than five in 10,000 patients…