Managing lung cancer in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients is difficult, largely because standard lung cancer treatments create a risk of IPF…
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
Measures of IPF Therapy Effectiveness Should Include Patients’ Views of Success, Researchers Argue
Clinical trials of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) therapies should include measures that reflect patients’ views of the success of treatments, …
The European Commission (EC) recently approved a new formulation of Esbriet (pirfenidone) tablets for the treatment of mild to moderate idiopathic…
Chinese Herbal Remedy Prevents Healthy Airway Cells from Transitioning to Fibrotic Ones, Study Shows
A Chinese herbal remedy prevented healthy airway surface cells from transitioning to the type of cells seen in pulmonary fibrosis, a…
Surgery to prevent reflux in patients with interstitial pulmonary disease may slow disease progression, by stopping tiny amounts of contents in…
A $6.9 million grant will allow researchers at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine to…
The resokine protein reduced interstitial lung disease (ILD) in mice, according to one of two presentations that aTyr Pharma…
Esbriet Lowers Risk of Respiratory Hospitalizations Among IPF Patients by Nearly Half, Study Finds
Besides its other benefits, Esbriet (pirfenidone) prevents respiratory-related hospitalizations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to a…
Researchers have succeeded in growing tiny tissue structures in the lab that mirror the architecture of lungs, creating a model…
An antibody that protects against radiation-induced lung fibrosis could improve the treatment of cancers that stem from radiation damage to the…