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.

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

Pituitary Adenomas in Cushing’s Disease Differ Between Men, Women, Study Reports

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The pituitary adenomas that cause Cushing’s disease in men differ from those in women in hormone content and gene expression patterns, a study shows. These findings suggest that biological ... Read more

March 17, 2020March 23, 2020

Study Recommends ARMC5 Gene Analysis for Cushing’s Patients With Bilateral Adrenal Masses

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More than half of the people with Cushing’s syndrome due to masses in both adrenal glands have disease-causing mutations the ARMC5 gene, a small study has found, suggesting that ... Read more

February 25, 2020March 5, 2020

Mutations in Internal Clock Regulators May Be Root Cause of Cyclic Cushing’s, Case Report Suggests

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Development of cyclic Cushing’s disease — a form of Cushing’s in which cortisol levels are intermittently high — may be a result of mutations in genes controlling both pituitary ... Read more