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.

Articles by Magdalena Kegel

August 4, 2016 by Magdalena Kegel

Myeloma Therapies Advancing Rapidly, Says Expert at Sloan Kettering

In a video posted on Healio’s Hematology-Oncology page, Dr. Ola Landgren, chief of the myeloma service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, speaks about new treatments and ongoing discoveries in the field of multiple myeloma. A lot is taking place, quickly, according to Landgren. “I…

July 7, 2016 by Magdalena Kegel

Risk of Myeloma Still Small Despite Newly Revealed Gene Mutations

In the largest study to date, researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research in London identified eight new gene mutations increasing the risk of developing myeloma — a risk that is still very small, according to experts. The study, “Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for…

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