Posts by: Marta Figueiredo

Marta Figueiredo

Marta Figueiredo holds a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Evolutionary and Developmental Biology from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is currently finishing her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Lisbon, where she focused her research on the role of several signalling pathways in thymus and parathyroid glands embryonic development.

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

TNF-alpha Inhibitor XTMAB-16 Granted FDA’s Orphan Drug Designation

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to XTMAB-16, Xentria’s investigational TNF-alpha inhibitor for the treatment of sarcoidosis. The designation is given to candidate therapies ... Read more

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020

Survey Finds COVID-19 Disrupted Care, Well-Being of Rare Disease Patients in Europe

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The first wave of COVID-19 in Europe severely disrupted access to care and raised stress and anxiety in people with rare diseases, negatively affecting their health and well-being, according to ... Read more

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Case Study Reports Successful Strategy for Infertility Caused by Testicular Sarcoidosis

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Testicular sperm aspiration for in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a successful strategy to overcome infertility associated with methotrexate– and steroid-resistant testicular sarcoidosis, a case study shows. The report documents ... Read more

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

Severe Fatigue Very Common in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Patients, Dutch Study Shows

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Severe fatigue affects more than 60% of pulmonary sarcoidosis patients and is associated with worse shortness of breath, daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depression, catastrophizing, functional impairments, and quality of ... Read more

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

Certain Immune Cells May Drive Sarcoidosis by Producing Inflammatory Agents, Study Suggests

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Intermediate monocytes, a type of immune cell, may contribute to the development and progression of sarcoidosis through the production of TARC — a molecule that attracts other specific immune ... Read more

November 4, 2019November 4, 2019

Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy Helps Provide Definitive Diagnose of Sarcoidosis, Study Suggests

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Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy — a relatively new method of collecting lung tissue for analysis — safely and successfully helps to provide a definitive sarcoidosis diagnosis when the usual and ... Read more

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

Researchers Report Cutaneous Sarcoidosis in Patient Treated Earlier for Hodgkin’s

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Researchers have reported a new case of cutaneous sarcoidosis in a Finnish woman previously treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a type of blood cancer — noting that sarcoidosis development after ... Read more

August 2, 2018August 5, 2018

Sarcoidosis in Sarcoma Patients May Be More Common Than Realized, Study Finds

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The occurrence of sarcoidosis and sarcoma — a rare type of cancer — at the same time or one after the other may be more common than previously thought, ... Read more

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

Sarcoidosis in Lungs, Skin, Eyes Linked to Age and Gender in Large Japanese Survey

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Sarcoidosis patients can be divided into women over age 40 with skin and eye lesions, and men under 40 with lung involvement, according to a large survey conducted in ... Read more

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018

Large-Scale Study Reinforces the Importance of Detecting, Preventing Heart Disease in Sarcoidosis

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The number of hospitalizations of sarcoidosis’ patients in the U.S. has increased over the past decade with more than one-third showing heart-related disorders, according to a study published in ... Read more