An inhaled version of miRagen Therapeutics‘ potential fibrosis therapy MRG-201 rendered genes involved in scarring nearly inactive in a rat…
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.
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Articles by Magdalena Kegel
Synairgen and Pharmaxis are preparing a Phase 1 clinical trial of PXS-5382A for pulmonary fibrosis and other tissue-scarring disorders. Positive…
miRagen to Present Results of Early Study on Inhaled Anti-fibrotic Therapy for IPF at ERS Congress
miRagen Therapeutics will release preclinical data supporting an inhaled version of its investigational treatment MRG-201 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)…
Researchers at New York’s Columbia University have developed a new way of restoring lung function by replacing airway surface…
The influence of smoking on the course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is complex, and a recent study did not…
GLPG1690, an investigational therapy developed by Galapagos to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), prevented further lung decline in a Phase 2a trial,…
Physical activity predicts mortality in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) as well as established measures, according to a study that suggests…
Ofev (nintedanib) can counter lung fibrosis by correcting abnormalities in lung blood-vessel structure, according to a German study in mice. The…
Esbriet (pirfenidone) and Ofev (nintedanib) remain the most reliably effective treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to…
Researchers from two Southern U.S. universities and a federal healthcare agency have begun a study of pulmonary fibrosis in people…