The case of a Mexican youth with Sanfilippo syndrome type B who presented with atypical symptoms of the disease,…
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
Most children with Sanfilippo syndrome type B show predictable downward trajectories in cognitive function, behavior, and brain volume that…
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical has closed an agreement giving it global licensing, manufacturing, and commercialization rights to UX111 (formerly ABO-102), an…
Complications shortly after birth and a slow disease progression — combined with poor disease awareness — delayed a correct diagnosis…
Brain-in-a-Dish, a research project that aims to develop patient-derived cell models to study Sanfilippo syndrome and identify potential treatments,…
The European Commission has granted an orphan drug designation to JR-441, JCR Pharmaceuticals’ brain-penetrating experimental enzyme replacement therapy (ERT)…
Lysogene is terminating its licensing agreement with Sarepta Therapeutics for LYS-SAF302, its investigational gene therapy for…
Scientists have discovered a potential novel approach to possibly correct the neurological features of Sanfilippo syndrome type B and…
Recent advances in treating people with Sanfilippo syndrome and other mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) were among topics addressed at the 16th International…
A single high dose of ABO-102, Abeona Therapeutics’ experimental gene therapy, prevented disease-associated brain shrinkage in three young children…