Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) is seeking adults with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy to serve on…
Marta Figueiredo, PhD
Marta holds a biology degree, a master’s in evolutionary and developmental biology, and a PhD in biomedical sciences from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She was awarded a research scholarship and a PhD scholarship, and her research focused on the role of several signaling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development. She also previously worked as an assistant professor of an annual one-week embryology course at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.
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Articles by Marta Figueiredo, PhD
Catabasis Pharmaceuticals’ investigational oral therapy edasalonexent failed to preserve muscle function and overall functionality in boys with Duchenne…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to PF-06939926, Pfizer’s investigational…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its clinical hold on the Phase 1/2 trial testing…
A Phase 1 clinical trial of BBP-418, a potential first oral therapy for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2i (LGMD2i),…
NS Pharma’s lead candidate viltolarsen safely and effectively increases dystrophin levels and promotes improvements in boys with Duchenne muscular…
Pfizer’s experimental gene therapy PF-06939926 promotes sustained production of a shorter but functional version of dystrophin — the…
NS Pharma launched an expanded access program (EAP) in the U.S. to allow certain Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients to…
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is launching MDA Let’s Play, a platform to raise funding and awareness about muscular…
Altering connexin 43 (Cx43) — a protein involved in heart function — in cardiac muscle cells protected against heart…