Patricia Inácio, PhD, science writer —

Patricia holds her PhD in cell biology from the University Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European agencies. She also served as a PhD student research assistant in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, for which she was awarded a Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) fellowship.

Articles by Patricia Inácio

Report Ties Antiviral Med to Exogenous Cushing’s

A 49-year-old woman developed exogenous, or therapy-related, Cushing’s syndrome, after being treated with the antiviral Epclusa, which is approved to treat hepatitis C virus infections, a case study reported. “To our knowledge, this is the first time that [Epclusa] has been linked to [exogenous Cushing’s],” the researchers wrote. The study,…