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

Fabry can pose serious heart risk for women, men

Fabry disease takes a significant toll on the hearts of both male and female patients in Finland, often leading to cardiomyopathy, a serious heart condition, according to a recent study. This condition, which weakens the heart muscle, increases the risk of heart failure and stroke. Researchers also found a…

Heart failure in woman with Fabry disease treated with transplant

A woman with heart failure due to late-onset Fabry disease received a heart transplant in combination with immunosuppressants and Fabrazyme (agalsidase-beta) to resolve her cardiac symptoms, which didn’t recur after the transplant. “Although the risk of disease recurrence in the transplanted organ appears to be relatively low, this…

Fabry disease gene therapy study data enough for FDA submission

Data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical study of ST-920 (isaralgagene civaparvovec), an investigational gene therapy for Fabry disease, could serve as the main evidence for its accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), eliminating the need for an additional registrational study to confirm its clinical…