Posts by: Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017

Chronic Severe Pain Defines Lives of Sarcoidosis Patients, Survey Finds

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A large proportion of sarcoidosis patients live with severe chronic pain despite the heavy use of painkillers, including opioids, a recent survey found. In addition, pain considerably impacts their walking ... Read more

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

Phase 1 Trial of New Therapy Begins for Interstitial Lung Diseases Such as Sarcoidosis

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aTyr Pharma has dosed the first person in its Phase 1 study of iMod.Fc (ATYR1923) — an investigational therapy developed for patients with interstitial lung diseases, including sarcoidosis. The study is ... Read more

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017

PAH Drugs of Limited Benefit in Sarcoidosis-linked Pulmonary Hypertension, Study Finds

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Treatment with medications for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) do not significantly help people with sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension (PH), researchers from France’s University of Paris-Sud reported. Their study, “Management and long-term outcomes of ... Read more

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017

Researchers Propose Full-Body Scans for Cardiac Sarcoidosis Patients to Identify Secondary Disease Sites

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Patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis should be monitored for potential sarcoidosis lesions in other organs besides the heart, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), who ... Read more

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

Study Supports Theory That Bacteria Causes Sarcoidosis, Researchers Say

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Researchers found bacteria of the type Propionibacterium acnes in a large proportion of tissue samples from patients with cardiac sarcoidosis, suggesting that the bacteria may cause the formation of granulomas ... Read more

June 2, 2017June 2, 2017

Study Details 3 Cancer Patients Who Developed Sarcoidosis After Dendritic Cell Vaccines

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Sarcoidosis may appear in cancer patients who respond well to treatment with dendritic cell-based vaccines, according to a case series report from Germany. At the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and the associated ... Read more

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017

Rare Case of Sarcoidosis with IBD Demonstrates Complexity of Disease

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A rare case report of a woman with sarcoidosis in the liver and spleen, who developed signs of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) during recovery, illustrates that sarcoidosis can occur in less than ... Read more

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017

Abnormal Numbers of Certain T-Cells May Explain Melanoma-Sarcoidosis Link

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Increased levels of a specific type of T-cell in some patients with melanoma might explain the connection between the cancer and sarcoidosis, researchers suggest in a study that explored melanoma patients treated ... Read more

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017

Cell-based Therapies for Lung Conditions Including Sarcoidosis Are Safe, Analysis Concludes

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Cell-based therapies for a variety of lung diseases can be considered safe, according to an analysis that pooled data from all available clinical trials of stem cell therapies. Although death ... Read more

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017

Chest X-Ray for Sarcoidosis Screening in Uveitis Patients Requires More Studies

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An analysis of the usefulness of chest X-ray screening for sarcoidosis among patients with a certain type of eye inflammation (uveitis) failed to answer the question of whether it might ... Read more