Supplements of bacteria-derived lipoteichoic acid and alpha-lipoic acid — an insulin sensitizing compound — may help improve blood sugar control…
Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
A liver biopsy helped doctors diagnose a 75-year-old man who arrived at the hospital with abdominal pain and jaundice (yellowing…
Disc Medicine has received a Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following…
A man with genetically confirmed porphyria was treated for blocked heart arteries using stents — thin, mesh-like tubes —…
For a woman with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) in China, the first symptoms did not involve the skin, as is…
A woman in her 20s was diagnosed with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) after experiencing seizures and visual hallucinations due…
Heavy alcohol use and hepatitis C, a viral infection that can cause damage to the liver, may have triggered porphyria…
Patients are very satisfied with Givlaari (givosiran), the only approved treatment that targets the cause of acute hepatic porphyria…
Note: This story was updated Nov. 4, 2024, to correct that Givlaari was given via subcutaneous injections,…
An iron infusion for persistently low levels of hemoglobin, or the iron-containing protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells,…