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.

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017

Newborns Can Be Screened for Gaucher’s Disease, Chinese Study Shows

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A noninvasive way of screening newborns for Gaucher disease, using dried blood spots, is both efficient and feasible, according to a recent Chinese study. Besides making early treatment possible so as ... Read more

March 21, 2017

Study in Monkeys Identifies Ambroxol as Possible Therapy for Gaucher Disease

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Researchers suggest that a compound called ambroxol should be explored in clinical trials as a potential drug for Gaucher disease. Their study in non-human primates showed that the drug increased the ... Read more

February 21, 2017

Gaucher Disease Genetic Screening Does More Good Than Harm, Researchers Argue

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Genetic screening for Gaucher disease identifies many patients that may never experience symptoms, according to a new study, and researchers argue that the benefits of early diagnosis of potentially harmful genetic ... Read more

December 20, 2016

Repurposed Drugs to Restore Lysosomal Acidity May Be Used to Treat Gaucher Disease

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Making lysosomes more acidic may be an ingeniously simple, yet efficient, way to prevent the consequences of lysosomal storage disorders such as Gaucher disease. And restoring acidity can be achieved ... Read more

November 10, 2016

Imiglucerase is Still the Enzyme of Choice for Type 1 Gaucher Disease

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Imiglucerase (Cerezyme) has an excellent track record in treating type 1 Gaucher disease, according to a recent review that analyzed 26 years worth of publications on the topic. The study, ... Read more

November 8, 2016

Progranulin Seen to Improve Gaucher Disease in Mice

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Researchers from New York University School of Medicine recently found that treating a mouse model of Gaucher disease with a key part of the protein progranulin led to marked improvement. The finding ... Read more

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016

Rare Case Leads Researchers to Suggest Gaucher Disease May Trigger Lupus; More Studies Needed

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A case of a woman with Gaucher disease who was also diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus has raised questions about whether the two conditions may be related. But researchers behind the ... Read more

July 28, 2016

Improvement Needed in Gaucher Disease Substrate Reduction Therapy, Review Suggests

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A recent review of substrate reduction therapy for Gaucher disease, by the National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge, in Portugal, explored how well the strategy performs and identifies areas of treatment improvement for Gaucher ... Read more

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

Rare Case of Gaucher Disease with Lung Damage Seen in Young Child

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A case report by researchers at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya Hospital in India described a child with a rare type of lung involvement in Gaucher disease. The study underscored that ... Read more