Blacks with multiple sclerosis (MS) have more severe disease and greater disability at their first visit than white patients,…
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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Alan Thompson, dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences at University College London (UCL), has won the 2021Â Charcot Award,…
Abata Therapeutics has opened with $95 million in financing, and plans to use regulatory T-cells to treat autoimmune…
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) may not be entirely aware of the decline in their cognitive abilities with cannabis…
Medical cannabis made by Panaxia Labs Israel will be marketed and distributed in Greece by Leriva Group, under…
Impaired social cognition — lacking the ability to understand and process others’ emotions — may affect how people with…
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to be reasonably safe for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a small…
The Red Songbird Foundation welcomes people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are struggling with issues relating to mental health or…
PicnicHealth and Komodo Health have agreed to combine their databases of patient medical records to support research based…
Subtle Medical announced the granting of a U.S. patent for its radiology software that uses artificial intelligence to improve the…
Repertoire Immune Medicines and Yale University have entered a research collaboration to identify what type of antigens are…
A group of helper T-cell (Th cells), a type of immune cell, could be responsible for the transition from…
Vumerity (diroximel fumarate) is easier on the gastrointestinal tract than Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate), and this translates into better…
For a first time, an immune-modulating antibody will be given via nasal administration to treat a person with secondary…
Most patients with relapsing and progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) are encouraged to get vaccinated against COVID-19 —…
Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) treatment may delay the need for a wheelchair by seven years in patients with primary progressive…
Mavenclad (cladribine) reduces the number and volume of lesions in patients at risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) after…
Vitamin D, but not paricalcitol (a vitamin D analog), can be used as a preventive measure to control the…
Lipid (fat) molecules can function as chemical couriers, taking messages from tissue to tissue, organ to organ as part of…
Red blood cells carrying specific antigen proteins on the cell surface can be used to disarm overactive T-cells by promoting…