Mitochondria in lung arteries responds in an opposite way to a lack of oxygen compared to mitochondria in other parts of…
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
Chinese researchers have identified a microRNA as a key molecular factor involved in lung blood vessel remodeling in response to…
In recent years, reports emerged linking diabetes to pulmonary hypertension. But news that a disease affecting our blood sugar could increase…
Screening the gene transcripts of both people with pulmonary arterial hypertension and several PAH animal models, researchers at Mie University…
Oxygen therapy given newborns with persistent pulmonary hypertension likely works to cement the molecular changes that led to the condition in the first…
Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are exploring how a protein, found in high levels in…
Researchers in Italy developed a clear way of exploring differences in autoantibodies to predict which scleroderma patients are likely to develop pulmonary…
Scientists discovered that levels of a blood protein called hematoma derived growth factor (HDGF) increases as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)…
Recently published data from the CHEST-2 clinical trial showed that riociguat (Adempas)Â is both safe and effective as a…
Mutations in the ENG gene might contribute to disease mechanisms in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to a recent study…
Rheumatoid arthritis patients may be at greater risk for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and noninvasive screenings for PAH could identify…
Researchers at England’s University of Sheffield have identified a microRNA that, when lacking in patients, appears to be driving the progression…