Andrea Lobo,  —

Andrea Lobo is a Science writer at BioNews. She holds a Biology degree and a PhD in Cell Biology/Neurosciences from the University of Coimbra-Portugal, where she studied stroke biology. She was a postdoctoral and senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health in Porto, in drug addiction, studying neuronal plasticity induced by amphetamines. As a research scientist for 19 years, Andrea participated in academic projects in multiple research fields, from stroke, gene regulation, cancer, and rare diseases. She authored multiple research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She shifted towards a career in science writing and communication in 2022.

Articles by Andrea Lobo

PARADIGM trial of PrimeC for ALS now fully enrolled with 69 adults

A Phase 2b trial of PrimeC for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has completed patient enrollment, according to NeuroSense Therapeutics, the therapy’s developer. Called PARADIGM (NCT05357950), the study enrolled 69 adults diagnosed with ALS, ages 18-75, at sites in Israel, Italy, and Canada. The company…

First ALS patient dosed in Cellenkos’ trial of CK0803

Cellenkos has dosed the first patient in the Phase 1/1b clinical trial that’s evaluating its regulatory T-cell-based therapy CK0803 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The patient will be one of six participants included in the Phase 1 run-in period of the REGALS clinical trial…

PARADIGM trial of PrimeC in treating ALS nears full enrollment

A Phase 2b trial that’s testing PrimeC in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has reached 80% enrollment and is on track to complete patient recruitment by June, NeuroSense Therapeutics announced in a quarterly update. Called PARADIGM (NCT05357950), the study began enrolling ALS patients in…

Collaboration to study PrimeC’s impacts on ALS disease mechanisms

NeuroSense Therapeutics has joined researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital to study the impact of its investigational therapy PrimeC on key amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) processes. The collaboration will the headed by Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, director of the Neuroepigenetics laboratory at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease. Using a new…

AviadoBio acquires rights to gene therapies’ new delivery technology

AviadoBio has entered into a worldwide exclusive agreement to develop and commercialize Neurgain Technologies’ new technique to deliver gene therapies for diseases that affect the spinal cord. The approach will be used at first to deliver AviadoBio’s investigational gene therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It involves…

Samples From ALS Patients in Phase 3 NurOwn Trial Open to Researchers

Biological samples from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients who took part in the Phase 3 clinical trial of NurOwn, a cell-based therapy, are being donated by BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics to a repository for use by the research community. The samples include blood and spinal fluid (cerebrospinal fluid or CSF)…

Trial of QRL-201, Aiming to Slow ALS Progression, Opening in Canada

Health Canada has given a green light to QurAlis‘ request to open a Phase 1 clinical trial of QRL-201, its candidate antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) molecule to protect and repair nerve cells, slowing disease progression, in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The global trial, called ANQUR (NCT05633459), will…