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.

July 25, 2017July 25, 2017

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

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), ... Read more

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

Study Supports Theory That Bacteria Causes Sarcoidosis, Researchers Say

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 ... Read more

June 2, 2017June 2, 2017

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

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 ... Read more

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017

Rare Case of Sarcoidosis with IBD Demonstrates Complexity of Disease

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 ... Read more

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017

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

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 ... Read more

April 26, 2017April 26, 2017

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

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 ... Read more

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017

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

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 ... Read more

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

Blood Marker a Sensitive Tool to Diagnose Sarcoidosis Severity, Assess Progression

Measuring the levels of the blood marker soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) in patients with suspected sarcoidosis offers more sensitive diagnostic guidance than other commonly used markers, and allows physicians ... Read more

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017

Variants in Osteopontin Gene Linked to Specific Sarcoidosis Features

While the protein osteopontin is elevated in the blood of people with sarcoidosis, the increased levels are not determined by known genetic factors, according to a recent study. Nevertheless, several ... Read more

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017

Sarcoidosis Patients Have More Bone Fractures, Irrespective of Glucocorticoid Treatments

Patients with sarcoidosis have more than twice the risk of bone fractures compared to healthy people, a finding most likely linked to the inflammatory nature of the disease. While ... Read more