Posts by: Margarida Azevedo, MSc

Margarida Azevedo, MSc

Margarida graduated with a BS in Health Sciences from the University of Lisbon and a MSc in Biotechnology from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST-UL). She worked as a molecular biologist research associate at a Cambridge UK-based biotech company that discovers and develops therapeutic, fully human monoclonal antibodies.

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017

Seres Completes Enrollment for SER-287 Phase 1b Clinical Trial in Patients with UC

News

All patients with mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (UC) have been enrolled in Seres Therapeutics‘ ongoing Phase 1b clinical study evaluating the company’s drug therapy candidate, SER-287. The ongoing randomized, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose, ... Read more

June 7, 2017June 7, 2017

Stomach Issues Shouldn’t be Linked Automatically to Anxiety, Stress

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

Recently, a friend asked me to accompany her to an appointment with a new gastroenterologist. An internist diagnosed her with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) about a year ago, and since ... Read more

June 2, 2017June 2, 2017

Inflammatory Disease Database to Aid Maker of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Therapies

News

A collaboration with Spanish company IMIDomics will allow biopharmaceutical company Celgene to identify new targets and biomarkers, support further drug development, and classify patients for clinical trials in inflammatory bowel ... Read more

June 1, 2017

Janssen and Protagonist to Develop, Market PTG-200 for the Treatment of IBD

News

Janssen Biotech and Protagonist Therapeutics are partnering to develop, manufacture, and market PTG-200 as a treatment for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (UC). PTG-200 is a potential first-in-class oral IL-23R antagonist ... Read more

May 31, 2017May 30, 2017

Be Your Own Advocate: Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

Back when I was younger, I never asked my doctors questions. Through infertility treatment, two pregnancies with my daughters, and the occasional illness that required a doctor’s visit, I just ... Read more

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017

Fatigue and Pain Are Most Challenging Symptoms for IBD Patients, Survey Shows

News

The often invisible symptoms of chronic fatigue and abdominal pain are what most affect the ability of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients to function daily, a recent survey found. More ... Read more

May 25, 2017

New Clinical Trial to Study IBD and Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Children

IBD News, News

A new clinical trial at Seattle Children’s Hospital aims to provide doctors with information about how inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) develops in children. The goal is to find strategies for clinicians ... Read more

May 24, 2017May 23, 2017

Back to Basics: The Colonoscopy

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

Lately, a lot of friends have written on Facebook that they are having, or recently had, their first colonoscopies and about how awful they were or seemed to be. I ... Read more

May 17, 2017May 16, 2017

Just When I Thought I Was in the Clear, the Pain Returns

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

Last week, I had fully recuperated from my short trip to Florida – at least I thought I had. By Tuesday I wasn’t feeling very well. It was terrible timing. My husband and I ... Read more

May 10, 2017May 10, 2017

The Other Side of the Trip: No Flares, Just Fatigue

Columns, Crohn's Corner - a column by Judy Walters

I survived my trip! Remember last week how I was worried I would get sick on my quick trip to Florida? Well, I didn’t! I was armed with many bottles ... Read more